THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPANTS’ HEALTH IN DISTANCE AND BLENDED LEARNING
The consequences for health in the conditions of distance learning during the pandemic period are due to both the duration of the use of technical means of Internet access and the learning mode. These problems themselves have been known for a long time and are well described. The manifestation of their consequences is due to the complete absence of sanitary standardization of activities using information and communication technologies outside of the educational organization, low information literacy of teachers, students and their parents. In addition, to the time of contact with the technical means of Internet access for educational purposes, its use for non-educational purposes is added. The total contact time exceeds all possible and reasonable limits and has no tendency to decrease in conditions of synchronous distance learning. The side effect also applies to parents of students, especially in primary school, since they are forced to take on part of the functions of a teacher in accompanying the education of their children. Along with significant consequences for their physical health, equally significant psychological and social problems are formed.