The article describes the experience of the Belgorod State University (BelSU) in organizing the educational process during the forced transition to full distant learning due to COVID-19. The authors present the results of the study of changes in the readiness of the university faculty to use distant learning technol-ogies. Many years of experience in the use of digital educational technologies, the availability of a well-developed distant learning system, and a high degree of provision of the educational process with electronic educational resources al-lowed BelSU to restructure the educational process in a short time. The results of the study show that the forced transition to distant learning had a beneficial effect on the readiness of teachers to use distant learning technologies, changed their attitude to new approaches in the organization of the educational process. © 2021 CEUR-WS. All rights reserved.