The session will explore the use of Moodle as a distance language teaching tool for an asynchronous language course in rural Nicaragua. The pilot project will test the platform’s functionality and I hope to share my experiences from start to finish, aware of the largely inequitable dynamics within and between the dominant (English speaking culture) and the Nicaraguan end-user particpants. The project will also try to identify technology-enhanced strategies for student success. The session will be organized around the following questions: Is this kind of language instruction feasible? What’s at stake? What are the resulting challenges? Is technology a tool for hope or a reinforcement of the status quo? Do even the best of us have assumptions about student success and solidarity?