Yesterday, Huffington Post published an article by Aaron Dubrow entitled "7 Cyberlearning Technologies Transforming Education," in which the Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer (VCAT) was featured as a leading tool to teach cross-cultural communication through a virtual environment.

According to W. Lewis Johnson,  co-founder of Alelo Inc., "We found in our military training that when soldiers use this approach, once they get into a foreign country -- let's say they're sitting down with local leaders -- they feel as if it's a familiar situation to them, even though they've never experienced it in real life before," Johnson said. "That degree of comfort is extremely powerful." Alelo's virtual role-playing tool gives one the ability to practice conversation and etiquette until you get them right.

Check out all the great VCAT Modules on Joint Knowledge Online.