The Vatican has entered the market eLearning

Not all churches are equally orthodox,% username%. The Vatican, for example, do not miss the current trends by, and contributes to global education by actively using modern technologies, including eLearning for educational purposes and to raise awareness on the most difficult social issues. The first online educational project of the Vatican - wait for it - was dedicated to victims of sexual violence. It would seem, what is the connection?





The initial application for withdrawal of the Vatican on the market for online learning were made in 2011, when it was announced that ожидаемом launch Internet project to protect against sexual violence. It was assumed that the educational portal will be developed jointly with the Gregorian University, located in Rome. According to their official website , in 2014, they are already out of the pilot phase, and at the same time began a new educational project, raising awareness in the fight for the rights of minorities.

This is not the first time that the Catholic Church is using modern technology. Previously, in 2008 Church received official approval application for iPhone , which helps believers to pray. Then технологии Mass sms-mailing been used for contact with the faithful.

At the moment, according to Global Learning Exchange , the Vatican launched its own start-up accelerator Scholas.Labs , the purpose of which is to maintain and develop educational online projects. In this non-profit project experts consider offers from educational resources and allocate those which may receive funding.

We are in the Teachbase glad that online education permeates all spheres of life and gaining momentum: we are trying to keep up with this global process, and ideally - to set a good tone in training over the Internet. Read our other posts on this topic:

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