THE NEW MODEL OF THE UNIVERSITY: THE IMPACT OF MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

The article analyzes the experience of Ulster University and Victoria University in distance education as a new model of university education. Development in traditional universities of a new educational environment based on modern information technologies; overcoming the resistance of the academic community of traditional universities to the development of new educational technologies; formation of special divisions of distance education in the structure of traditional universities; development of consortiums of universities and teleuniversities, virtual classrooms and universities.