Blended learning as a mechanism of digital transformation of professional education

In the process of digital transformation of professional education, the leading role belongs to the development of the theory and practice of blended learning, which combines classroom work and e-learning in the online and offline formats. Searching for effective tools for the implementation of blended learning is an urgent task of the methodologists of professional education. The purpose of this study is to identify and justify the didactic opportunities of using blended learning as a mechanism for the digital transformation of professional education. A survey of 143 students showed their general positive attitude to active and interactive teaching methods, various digital technologies used in the classroom and ways of organizing independent work. A survey of 55 teachers showed an insufficiently high level of their motivation to use blended learning due to the need for a significant revision of the methods of teaching academic subjects, and ways to transform them into the online and offline formats. The main obstacle to the effective implementation of blended learning is the lack of digital and methodological competence of teachers. In this regard, systematic work is required to arm teachers with tools of modern digital technologies and innovative educational techniques implemented in the process of blended learning. Particular attention in the organization of blended learning should be given to a Flipped Classroom model, which sigmificantly improves the quality of the educational process.

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