General Synod of the Church of Ireland

Like so much else, this year's Synod was very different from what had been planned. As the Church of Ireland marks 150 years since disestablishment, this last Synod of the current triennium was to be held in May in Croke Park, the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a politically significant venue. Instead, pursuant to section 30 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2020, which provides for the validity of remote meetings of an unincorporated body, notice was given that an ordinary meeting of the General Synod would be held by electronic communication technology on 1, 2 and, if necessary, 3 December 2020. It was the first Synod for its new President, Archbishop John McDowell, following his translation to Archbishop of Armagh on 28 April 2020.

The Alteration of Teaching Tendency in View of the Corona Crisis, the Use of Electronic Communication Technology

We got to a crossroads; we got from what we assumed was normal; things suddenly turned upside down. One of our main tasks now - for those of us who are not infected (yet ?), not working on the front line and not facing other economic or housing difficulties - is to understand this moment, what it may require of us and what may make it possible [1, 2].

Design and Application of a Remote Electronic Communication Teaching System in a Network Environment

With the design and application of remote teaching system as the research target, this study uses the research methods of literature research method, website inves-tigation method and system development to make a detailed research on the theo-ry of remote collaborative learning and electronic communication technology. On the basis of web-based teaching platform of remote education, this study puts forward a long-remote collaborative teaching system of electronic communication along with the network environment, and designs the function modules of the system in detail, in which the communication effect of electronic communication technology on group members and teachers' creation of collaborative learning sit-uations are fully considered. Finally, the practicality and validity of the system are verified by the realization of the system, which provides a wider development space for the remote teaching system.