Modern reality brings certain corrections to the understanding of forms and methods of teaching various courses in higher educational institution. A special role among the educational techniques and means in the college educational environment is taken by the modern technologies, such as using the techniques, means and ways, which are aimed at student's active participation and involvement in the educational and mentoring process, i.e. using the interactive methods in education process. Educational environment, which is aimed at activation of students' creative activity on the basis of using interactive educational forms, methods and means, facilitates the development of students' knowledge and abilities to work with information sources, communication with the pedagogic process participants and development of problem-solving skills, i.e. leads to the development of the key competencies--informational, communicative and problem-solving competences.