Ted Walker, Rawlins College
21 November 2007
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Ted Walker is Assistant Principal (Director of e-learning) at Rawlins Community College, Quorn, Leicestershire. Rawlins was an early adopter of whole school use of a VLE, having identified the decentralising and empowering pedagogical principles behind Moodle. Although the vision and transformational potential of the use of Moodle at secondary level is well understood, there are many strategic and operational challenges to be faced before successful implementation leads to meaningful use. The VLE at Rawlins is a well established central part of College life, impacting widely, as well as a basis for improved local collaboration, and the real ambition now is to move beyond the electronic filing cabinet and into the territory of emerging, innovative and exciting educational opportunities.