1. Magdalena De Stefani Sandra Garcia Maria José Delgado

2.  Describe and reflect on the process of introducing a VLE for secondary school students (2007 to date) www.cardonasecondaryschool.com

3.  Educational affordances in the early stages  Parent project: Anglo Continuous Development Programme  Learning from the learners: the evolving design  Impact

4.  VLEs known world-wide  No Moodle experiences in state education  One Laptop Per Child scheme  Moodle institutionalisation (e.g. Anglo)  Broadband connection still limited

6.  Student motivation a major concern  Geographical divide  Theoretical vs practical dichotomy

7.  Teaching methodology for provinces  Attempt to end geographical divide  Action research, reflection and collaboration  Moodle space for reflection

9.  Pragmatic view of technology  Experiential learning leading to teaching innovations  The Student Centre for provinces

11. Lave and Wenger (1991)

12. ACDP for teacher development ACDP Student Centre Cardona Secondary School

13.  Failure of portfolios  Need to motivate learners  Few contact hours  Experience of ACDP  Successful collaboration

14. PROBLEMS  Portfolios  Student motivation  Few contact hours POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS  New 21 st century portfolios?  Youthspeak  Extension of classroom time

15.  Student questionnaires  Internet research  Experimenting with different tasks

16.  One space for each form  Discussion forums  Links to external websites  Hot potatoes and site quizzes  Assignments

17.  XO’s during classroom time  School facilities  Handouts (based on ACDP experience)

18.  Site work initially voluntary  Regular meetings to check students’ progress  2011: Some compulsory tasks to guarantee engagement

19.  Guidance  Assessment and feedback (correction and uploading of ss’ work)  Clarification of doubts

20.  Technological affordances (broadband)  Dedication  Demands of syllabus

21.  Student motivation on the increase  Perception of usefulness  Enthusiasm of existing and new cohorts  Students becoming Moodle teachers

22.  Parallel teaching and learning experiences  Need for learner-centred course design  ‘Guide on the side’ pedagogy

23. National level Institutional level Personal level

24.  Introduction of web 2.0 technologies in state secondary education  Working against digital and geographical divides

25.  Paving the way for change  Becoming change agents  Bottom-up efforts

26.  Learning with and from the learners  Power of collaboration and action research

27. “Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”

28. Thank you! magdalenadestefani@gmail.com majodeca@gmail.com acjmbmsv@gmail.com