Abstract:

The main objective of the project has been to respond to the great need for new, innovative practices in the education of heritage management and protection of monuments. To this aim, different virtual learning instruments have been developed, which have resulted in an online teaching-learning platform that can be used in various educational contexts, mainly in higher education. An important aspect of this objective has been the virtual teaching of protection instruments and the international history of heritage management.

For many centuries throughout the history of architecture the requirement for supervising and caring for monumental assets in the face of actions of destruction or “simple” alteration has been found. Ancient civilizations always proposed guidelines for the maintenance and conservation of their more important architectures and milestones of the past. On the other hand, heritage is often defenseless in the absence of legal instruments for its suitable protection and management. With the exception of the odd case throughout history, most of the legal tools for the protection of heritage first appeared in different countries in the 19th century, coinciding with increased popular interest in different aspects of heritage, especially monumental or representing the identity or personal history of individual peoples.

This text presents both the various strategies developed and the results of the first tests of application of these instruments in real educational contexts.

Acknowledgement:
The work presented is part of the work carried out within the framework of the project “RE-THINK Heritage” (Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership es 2020-1-HU01-KA202-078795).

Keywords:

Virtual teaching, heritage management, protection instruments.