1. Presentations Group Katie Ava Wayne

2. Case UK006 Coleridge Community College (1850 students) two-year on-line GNVQ2 course (3+1 hours per week) used the materials devised by Walton High School Walton High School prepared the material and guidelines Coleridge College upload to their intranet, or deliver through CD ROMs.

3. Innovations? General higher personal motivation Student be more independent teaching time is less Teaching Teacher is facilitating rather than teaching Multimedia supported opportunity to repeat sections

4. Achievement & Outcomes enable students to leave school with an extra qualification (equivalent to four GCSE passes) students were motivated and enjoying the course

5. Where to improve GNVQ requires a 1-1 student-machine ratio lost access to computers when others is using additional workload, online work to do

6. NO003: "We will survive" - Rural schools using videoconference to compensate lack of learning resources

7. Background Two small primary schools in Norway were studied: Karlosy and Skogsfjordvatn Primary Schools Schools in Norway are small and scattered around “The new school path”: using videoconferencing to link up two schools

8. Innovative practice Using videoconferencing and internet To have joint lesson for two schools Students were required to post their homework onto the internet so schoolmates from partner school can share

9. Reason of promoting innovative practice To save the small schools from being closed down To see how ICT can be a catalyst for better learning To make teaching resources accessible

10. Pros Teaching resources can be shared and supplement each other New ways for communication, both school level and community level Both teachers and students can widen their horizon

11. Pros (cont) Created larger forum for students (as schools are too small), can enhance students presentation skills “virtual classroom”: make use of each other’s knowledge

12. Cons Difficult to pay attention both on the screen and in the classroom for teachers who are not familiar with videoconferencing

13. Things to pay attention Required IT support Training for teachers to use videoconferencing Required a more scheduled timetable for both schools Just short lectures can be used with videoconferencing as it’s difficult for children to concentrate on screen for long time Communication of two schools teachers Flexible for small schools, but may be too demanding for large schools