Development of distant online learning in universities of Yakutia during the COVID-19 pandemic

The manuscript presents the organization of online distance learning for students of the three universities by means of digital education technologies at worldwide quarantine period due to COVID-19. The purpose of the study is to increase the level of subject competence among students in the context of organizing distance online education during a pandemic, considering the specifics of regional education. A study involved the survey method considering the specifics of the organization of online learning in the regional education system with statistical processing of data from the research results. The results allowed for increasing the efficiency of work with students in conducting classes in the disciplines of the information block during a pandemic using the Moodle platform, which reasonably indicates the need to consider the peculiarities of the educational environment in the development of subject competence among students of three universities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).