CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION: NEW DETERMINANT OF THE SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The authors of the proposed research aimed at reviewing the use of electronic educational resources as modern convergent technologies, analysis and evaluation of the results of their use in the process of training highly qualified specialists who can effectively function in the conditions of integration and globalization taking place at the political, economic and socio-cultural levels. Convergence is regarded as a key and priority direction for the development of scientific thought. In the framework of the proposed study, the authors consider a descriptive method to be fundamental, including elements of review, interpretation, comparison and description. The authors provide the rationale of the research issue; list the key principles of converging technologies; describe the internal structure of the cognitive theory of multimedia teaching; the researchers determine that the converged approach helps to make the learning process a practice-oriented, promotes the formation of new information culture and leads to improvement of quality of life.