Exploring benefits and models of blended learning technology in modern professional training

The article shows the main ways of applying the mixed learning technology in the modern professional training of specialists. The purpose of the article is to find out the main ways of applying the technology of mixed learning in the modern professional training of specialists. The methodological concept provides a categorical and component analysis of the technology of mixed learning in the modern professional training of specialists in the following dimensions: philosophical, psychological, cultural, socio-pedagogical. The following methodological approaches were used in the article: sociosystemic, informational, synergistic, interdisciplinary, axiological, cultural, structural and functional and subject-activity. In connection with the digital transformation of education, we will distinguish three main components of mixed learning that can be implemented in a higher education institution, that is, in its information and educational environment (traditional learning (face to face); self-study learning; joint online - learning (online collaborative learning). The four basic models of mixed learning, which are discussed in the article, are the most popular (rotational model, flexible model, self-mixing model, virtual-enriched model).