THE USE OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT OF DISTANT LEARNING OF STUDENTS AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Lately the distant education has started to be popular within the educational sector. From 2014 onward, the most common searches on Google includes a variety of phrases which connects to a completion of higher education. A new type of education called «Open education» includes continuity, equal access and personal orientation forms offered to the students. However, problems can arise when modern educational tools are involved. The main implementation of higher education is the use of information for student learning. Gathering and implementation of this model was conducted on the basis of reviewing materials from contemporary scientific articles which includes topics from cloud services, questionnaires, processing of online sources and modern literature to clarify how to use Microsoft Office 365 online tools. The article presents the use of Office 365 and SharePoint in the educational environment of Ivano-Frankvisk National Medical University and Zaporizhzhia State Medical University. Further highlighter the use of these software tools for higher education in academical environment. A questionnaire has been developed which encompasses the training and course contents for students who use Office 365 and this has been summed up in order to analyse the results for above mentioned universities in Ivano-Frankvisk region. During the research a variety of methods has been used to analyse the Internet sources, types of studies and the experiences of students who use information for educational purposes. This has led of introduction of modern equivalent of distance learning or evening learning which corresponds to the use and implementation of distance learning included in the document order of MESU issued in April 25. 2013 № 466. By doing so online tools enhances not only students experiences and learning activities but also teachers and instructors capabilities of delivering, coordinating and continuous improve the educational cycle, and by this makes them a professional instructors. The questionnaires were designed to survey all types of students in both part time and full-time studies. Further the questions were designed to target these two particular groups for a statistical comparison. This activity correlates to another monitoring tool which has been connected to student class activity and module grade achievements which has been reviewed by teachers and lecturers. Although materials and training is checked constantly by tutors in order to comply with the Ukrainian educational legislation. After analysing the results undertaken from the survey, a clear dis-tinction has been made between full time students who are more likely to use Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint in comparison to part time students.