On the Use of the Modern Software in the Programs of Basic and Additional Professional Education in the Field of Electric Power Engineering

The article presents the experience of using software programs for calculating, analyzing, and modeling electrical engineering and electrical power systems by students of various energy specialties, as well as trainees of professional retraining programs in the field of Electrical Power and Electrical Engineering. An assessment of the current situation regarding the use of traditional and new information technologies by employees working in the energy sector is given. The drawbacks and gaps in the knowledge of trainees being the reason of the ineffective use of computer technology in various fields of their activity are analyzed. The issues of improvement of the basic and additional education programs in the field of Electric Power Engineering at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute are discussed. The ways of applying active teaching methods for acquiring skills in solving production problems using information technologies are shown.