The practice of applying distance learning in teacher advanced training courses

The article deals with the practice of applying distance learning in the courses of advanced training of teachers at Dagestan Institute of Education Development, in particular, computer science teachers. The author's program “Actual pedagogical technologies of teaching computer science and ICT in the context of Federal State Educational Standard implementation”, as well as the author's network training course “Portal tech-nology in teacher education” are proposed. The following basic opportunities of elearning with the use of distance educational technologies for the teacher and listeners are highlighted: methodical support of the teacher's activity, the possibility of professional communication with colleagues; the opportunity to work with virtual laboratories, sim-ulators, reference systems, virtual museums and other educational resources of the Internet; the possibility of joint projects in the implementation of educational programs and scientific research. The ways of improving the development of elearning with the use of distance educational tech-nologies in the courses of advanced training of teachers of the Dagestan Republic are suggested.