Distance education for students of creative professions

Abstract

The article reviews various possibilities of using distance education in teaching students of creative professions on the example of the author’s courses based on two different free access platforms. The first platform is Moodle. This example shows the ability to create courses of various kinds (theoretical and practical), represents an opportunity to work with text files, audio and video, creating and editing test and control tasks, the ability to control the mastering of the material covered. The second reviewed platform is Lingvomaster. Using it as an example, we show its possibilities in creating interactive exercises - from crosswords to multiple-choice exercises and examples of how to include those into different types of courses. In the summarizing part of the article we conclude that it is possible and necessary to use modern educational technologies for students of creative specialties.