Research of non-formal education areas demanded by teachers on the organization of distance education

Research problem. In the context of widespread digitalization of all spheres of society, educational institutions are increasingly focusing on the use of distance learning technologies (DLT). However, there are obvious contradictions in this process: on the one hand, DLT increases students' interest in mastering knowledge, but on the other hand, there are many organizational, technical, and methodological problems that arise not only for students, but also for teachers, which hinders the high efficiency of this process. The goal of research. Justification of the directions of non-formal education of teachers as a tool to increase the effectiveness of distance education based on identifying problems in this area. Methodology (materials and research methods). The identification of the problems of distance education was carried out on the basis of a survey of teachers conducted on the MetoKab portal (May 2020, 337 respondents). Results. The comparison of the main problems of distance learning with the most suitable forms of non-formal education for teachers is carried out. The most appropriate form for overcoming difficulties in mastering new material (50% of teachers) would be various courses, for solving the problem of increasing student engagement (over 40%) - networking communities of teachers, for overcoming difficulties in using cloud services (23%) - seminars.