This is the story of two colleagues-a faculty member and an instructional designer- who collaborated in 2006 too redevelop existing online modules by reusing multi media objects developed for GeTTs (Generic Trade Training) project in 2005. The story focuses on the decisions to reuse the objects and to contextualise the learning while maintaining the integrity of information in the two modules:Grammar oline (GO) and Writing Online (WO). While this is a story about collaboration and harnessing technology to meet the needs of the learners, it is also about the way informal professional development provides opportunities for staff to learn from each other.