Using Digital Technologies to Implement Advanced Professional Education Programs

Advanced professional education is an integral part of the lifelong education system and training "throughout life". Authors analyze the experience of the Kazan National Research Technological University in the implementation of continuing education programs, taking into account the exceptional circumstances of the year 2020. Although in recent years technical universities have gained extensive experience in the implementation of educational programs using information and communication technologies and e-learning, the lock-down and distance learning have brought many innovations in educational activities. These processes also touched upon advanced professional education, advanced training of engineers, as well as the development of competence and competencies of the engineering universities teachers themselves. The preliminary analysis shows that training with the predominant use of digital technologies has many advantages for students of the continuing education system, provides them with the new opportunities to update their professional knowledge and acquire new professional skills in the most accessible form, using new digital formats and digital educational resources. It is obvious that the activities of educational organizations aimed to development of digital competencies of teachers in 2020 brought measurable results on the basis of the previously created foundation for distance learning.