Abstract

A joint effort between a rural school in Chile and the Educational Technology program at Texas A&M University was conducted in 2011 in order to implement an online English language module in Moodle. This implementation focused in listening and speaking skills. The module was oriented to 11-year-old children whose first language was Spanish. The team in USA implemented a need of assessment; the instructor in the Chilean school provided the content to be taught. Tasks were defined and assigned to each participant. The team in USA implemented the activities in Moodle and the Instructor in Chile practiced them with the students. Based on the students’ responses the module was effective to support the practice of listening and speaking skills in a course management system as Moodle. Barriers discovered in this project were associated to the school internal organization and administration. The implementation of needs of assessment was not to be enough to detect the profile and needs of the instructors and members involved in the project.