ONLINE LEARNING: NEW OPPORTUNITIES OR THREATS?

The article examines the problems of online distance learning at universities in Kyrgyzstan in the context of the pandemic coronavirus, indicates its features. Here is the example of the analysis of the students satisfaction of the International Faculty of Osh State University with online learning, the pros and cons of this format of learning are indicated. Questioning of 390 students showed a number of problems in the organization of online learning. As shown by analysis of responses, only 25% of respondents answered that they were satisfied with online learning. At the same time, 75% of students expressed dissatisfaction with this form of learning and named a number of disadvantages. All of these problems raise questions about whether online learning is not a threat to the learning youth, whether it gives the level of knowledge, skills and abilities required by state educational standards and real practice? Particular attention in the article is paid to the mechanisms of solving the problems of online learning in order to use its unique opportunities in the development of education. The materials of the article were tested at the international conference «Educational Strategies and Innovations in the Age of Digitalization» held on October 5-6, 2022 in the American University of Central Asia.