THE PATH OF TRANSFORMING THE ROLE OF A TEACHER IN DISTANCE LEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC
During the pandemic, distance learning in universities has entered a new stage of development, and this is precisely what is in the focus of attention of scientists in the modern world. Various online classes such as flipped classrooms, micro-courses and MOOCs have provided an opportunity to achieve the goal of “skip classes without skipping learning” during the epidemic. It is shown that during the transition from full-time education to distance learning, teachers face many problems. For example, professional identity needs to be redefined, and various factors have changed accordingly, such as the subject of training, the nature of training, and the distribution of training. With regard to distance learning, educators go from hesitation and rejection to full adaptation and commitment to innovation. And the role of the teacher becomes much more complicated, since distance learning is based on the interaction between the teacher and the student outside the class-room. So, the teacher is made from one educator of knowledge into an ideological and political mentor in the anti-epidemic period, an advocate for the mental health of students, a curator of learning and discussions, a consultant in teaching in open classes, a stimulator of learning interests, etc. It was revealed that in order to solve practical problems in teaching, the teacher must change the concept of teaching, and actively meet the new challenge, following the new trend in the development of teaching. In addition, completing the change of teacher roles as soon as possible based on the characteristics of distance learning, one should actively use new teaching methods in the information age, which allows expanding the boundaries of the traditional learning mode and overcoming the limitation of the learning space. Moreover, it is necessary to pay great attention to the reorganization and planning of the educational project, highlight the dominant position of students, and strengthen the role of organization and control in the management of educational programs, in order to make distance learning an effective addition to the traditional mode of education, and finally, realize the informatization of education and improve efficiency and quality of the education.