Educational technologies and their virtualization

the article is devoted to the problem of studying the involvement of information and communication technologies in all areas of student learning. Based on the analysis of scientific papers and publications, we have determined the essence of the concept of "network society". The purpose of the study is to conduct an in-depth analysis of information and communication technologies, which are an important aspect of modern education. Today, the Internet is a social reality. It provides an opportunity to belong to a certain social group. Online communication is endowed with anonymity, invisibility, and security. This provides a young person with the opportunity to create a network identity of their choice. We have determined that network communication has acquired: self-organization, mobility, autonomy, instantaneity, multichannel, flexibility. It forms its own ideological and ideological systems. Network forms form a person with a new type of thinking.

information and communication technologies, networks, network societies, virtuality, creative thinking