Comparisons and advocacy

The last three schools I have been at, one country and two urban, have used Moodle extensively as a way of involving students from some distances away, in learning activities, including Japan - English taught in an Australian school to Japanese students.. on line, real time video confrenceing. The Japanese school was so impressed they recipricated with Japanese being taught to Australian students by Japanese teachers... The issue I think is how to make this a more permanent feature of two curricula. The use of Moodle was integral to these classes, even if just one-offs, but it reveals the potential.