APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE SMART TECHNOLOGIES OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN BUSINESS EDUCATION AS THE BASIS OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF FUTURE MANAGERS

The article describes the possibilities of using one of the promising educational methods offered by modern informational technologies – virtual reality, which is modeled with special computer equipment. The authors of the article substantiate the possibility of using virtual reality technologies in the educational process to improve the quality of professional preparation of future managers. In the era of information and communications technology one of the modern needs is to create a virtual learning environment. Virtual learning environment is created and developed for effective communication of all participants in the educational process. Information and communication technologies now make it possible to use electronic versions of printed books, textbooks and manuals, or a new type of (multimedia tools that use a computer, a multimedia projector and sensor board) for the educational environment. The definition of the essence and classification of types of innovations in education are given. The notion of "smart-learning" is defined and the prospects of its application are described. The experience in using the virtual reality technologies in the educational process is systematized and generalized. In addition, the views of various scholars on the essence and characteristics of the virtual educational environment are analyzed in the article. The application of methods of modeling and management of business processes at practical classes of students-managers is substantiated. The author's definition of the concept of manager's readiness for professional activity is offered. The pedagogical model of application of smart-technologies of virtual reality in the educational process is developed. The authors describe the main results of their pedagogical experiment on the possibilities of using smart-technologies of virtual reality in the educational process of professional preparation of students-managers. The results of the experiment are substantiated by statistical calculations, formulas, tables. It is proved that the usage of smart-technology of virtual reality helps to increase the level of quality of future managers' professional preparation and their readiness to professional work.