Method of Text Content Development in Creation of Professionally Oriented Online Courses for Oil and Gas Specialists

Abstract

The article analyzes the experience of text content development for an online course created for oil and gas professionals. The article features a critical review of the current situation in online systems of distance learning, establishes principles of creating professionally oriented language curricula, as well as requirements to the functionality of online platforms that enable creation of such courses and their delivery to the audience. The work provides a detailed analysis of text content development principles and criteria. It presents three stages of developing text content for the first module of a professionally oriented online course.