The document discusses the history and development of online learning communities and video conferencing in New Zealand education. It outlines key milestones from the early 1990s to the present in establishing infrastructure and funding to connect learners across schools. Common goals of these online communities are identified as providing increased choice for students, supporting teacher collaboration, and improving access to specialized courses. Challenges in sustaining these initiatives over time are also discussed.

2. “ Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in a different time”

3. Industrial to Informational “ In the industrial age we went to school… in the information age school comes to us”

4. What is the VLN? www.virtuallearning.school.nz

5. What is an online Learning Community? Why might schools form one?

6. Connecting Learners through Video Conferencing Student-Teacher face-to-face contact enables the distance to dissolve

7. Adobe Connect

15. What is, and who are, the ePrincipals?

19. Online Learning Environments Formal and informal discussion areas Spaces catering for different interests Tools for managing participation

20. Online Learning Environments Spaces catering for different interests Tools for managing participation http://moodle.minedu.govt.nz/taranet/

21. Digital Conversations

25. Teacher PD Opportunities

31. Trends – Convergence (Derek Wenmoth)