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Lockridge Senior High, WA

Lockridge Senior High School began developing an online learning management system for a group of 'at risk' students in 2001. It was decided to provide this group of students with an ICT-rich environment to improvement engagement with the curriculum.

A wireless laptop learning environment was established within the Science department. The students accessed their entire science program online but were able to complete practical work within the classroom environment and also receive small group tuition and literacy support from the teacher and teacher's aid. A range of offline ICT tools were developed which scaffolded them to use the web and complete common assessment tasks. The results were spectacular with student engagement, work output and behaviour showing dramatic increase.

In 2003, a Year 8 Science site using Janison LMS as the online learning management system was produced. The suite of tools within this application allowed the development of a Science program which used message forums, online chat and instant messaging along with a range of online file sharing facilities to provide a rich and engaging science program for all students. The progress monitoring tools that sat underneath the online management system also allowed the teacher and student to establish a very powerful online dialogue which enriched and supported student learning as well as tracking and monitoring the online behaviour of students.

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