Technology and Thai Buddhist Missionary Development in Covid-19

Abstract

     Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University is the educational institute for the Buddhist monks. When the spreading of Corona Virus 2019, it is the time for training the foreign Buddhist missionaries, so the administrators follow the government’s policy strictly. There are many problems for the foreign Buddhist missionaries who are training to attend the learning activities. The administrators have changed the training and teaching system by online system, Thai Buddhist missionaries are the first groups to study by online system such as by mobile phone, computer, zoom, and google meet.

     So, the learning by online system is the new normal and the development of Thai Buddhist missionaries. In the past the learning and teaching system of the Thai Sangka community did not have the online learning, this is the first time for Sangka community to use new technology for learning and teaching.