Florence. “The e-learning course is now mainly popular especially for economic reasons because it seems to promise major investments that help the issue of diminishing resources. However, one must not forget the benefits in upgrading the quality of teaching” according to Mirko Tavoni, president of the ICON Consortium – Italian Culture on the Net, addressing the States General of the Italian language in the world, taking place in Florence. According to Tavoni, an effective way of attracting foreign students in Italy is ” teaching Italian in advance”, that is, before students arrive in our country,” through e-learning”. The President of ICoN, a consortium of universities working in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the importance of the use of e-learning in “training teachers, creating an environment of teachers who are prepared in online teaching and who serve to amplify our teaching potential.” (9Colonne)
