Digital-Pedagogic Training Helping to Develop a Regional System of Life-Long Professional Development

The article is devoted to the issues of increasing the role of regions in training and forming optimal models for managing the resources of the education system. The main directions of development of educational platforms for distance learning of teachers are presented. The research materials reveal the factor of the changing role of the teacher in the process of digitalization of education and improving the quality of distance education services. Regional practices of using information technologies in the organization of distance learning programs for professional development are described. The analysis of regional features of implementation of distance learning programs is considered by the authors as a condition for determining the ways to improve the available forms of professional development of teachers within the system of life-long professional education. The role of distance education in the implementation of the principle of individualization of training and the possibility of choosing a course depending on the previous professional experience and motivation of students is emphasized.