Special Features of Musical Education in Distant Learning (Training of Intonation Thinking)

The problem of using modern technologies in distant learning of intonation thinking is described in this article. An importance of intonation learning for musician students and the possibilities, provided by World Wide Web and multimedia technologies are the main point of this article.

Approaches to Building Websites for Training People with Special Education Needs

This work discusses several approaches to building websites for training and facilitating people with special education needs (SEN), implemented over the last four years with the authors’ involvement. Achievements are credited and avenues for improvement are suggested, as emphasis is given to technologies and resources of key importance in providing the required level of accessibility. Two instances of learning management systems are considered as tools for developing websites dedicated to training and working with people with SEN. A summary of the recommendations and requirements of developers of such sites is made in view of improving the degree of accessibility.