Tele-pedagogy in the virtual educational communities

The United Nations Organization defines "literacy" as a basic human right. A cultural person is one who knows the letters, but generally we use the word with the implied meaning of one being "educated, learned and cultured". Then we could discuss if the use of ICT can develop literacy. The pedagogical functions of visual material has usually been associated with its motivational qualities, for the scope it has to act as a substitute for direct experience by presenting objects and events that are beyond the daily experience of the learner. In virtual educational communities, where distant teams of adults and teenagers usually collaborate at distance with ICT, common projects can support the learning process by enabling active participation, while encouraging dialogue and construction of knowledge by students. This paper aims to describe a virtual educational community OLIVIER, design to use ICT with illiterate teenagers from the Roma-Gypsy community.