Young people today face an uncertain future. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in state education are investing their expertise in Online Community Projects (OCPs) as a digital mediation tool to help their students acquire intercultural awareness and experiment with new uses for technology. This qualitative study employs analytic autoethnography to investigate the experiences of a secondary-school English as a Foreign Language teacher using OCPs in southern Italy. Data were analysed and debated through relevant EFL and sociocultural theory literature. Results revealed the learner-centred qualities of OCP activities and their effects on secondary-school EFL curricula. This research contributes to the literature on teaching English with technology, learner autonomy and online community projects in secondary-school EFL curricula. It will interest policymakers and teachers who wish to include learnercentred approaches in their practices.