Goal of the doctoral Thesis is to characterise the increase in knowledge flow and participants’ competences in the use of technology-related continuing education situations while elaborating an IT ecosystem model and software prototype for the support of continuing educational process. The Doctoral Thesis consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusions, bibliography and 11 appendices. The body of the thesis comprises 182 pages, 68 pictures, 18 tables. The bibliography includes 322 titles of information sources. This work has been developed with support from the European Social Fund project Support for Implementation of Doctoral Studies at Riga Technical University.