Xerte Online Toolkits Andy Beggan Learning Team Leader Julian Tenney Lead Developer
Introduction To Xerte
Sep 03, 2014
Xerte is a fully-featured e-learning development environment for creating rich interactivity. Xerte is aimed at developers of interactive content who will create sophisticated content with some scripting, and Xerte can be used to extend the capabilities of Xerte Online Toolkits with new tools for content authors. Xerte Online Toolkits is a server-based suite of tools for content authors. Elearning materials can be authored quickly and easily using browser-based tools, with no programming required. Xerte Online Toolkits is aimed at content authors, who will assemble content using simple wizards. Content authors can easily collaborate on projects. Xerte Online Toolktis can be extended by developers using Xerte.
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Xerte Online ToolkitsAndy BegganLearning Team Leader
Julian TenneyLead Developer
Introduction
Wikipedia Skype Camtasia studio Xerte PhP MySQL iGoogle Flash Dreamweaver Internet Explorer elgg
Safari Facebook Firefox Audacity Blogger Corel Blackboard SCORM YouTube Wimba Moodle Adobe Google Docs iTunes elluminate eXe Gmail
QuestionMark Perception Wordpress twitter Yahoo answers Flickr Second Life Word Movie Maker del.icio.us
Ning Slideshare Google Scholar Captivate Drupal Photoshop RSS Powerpoint
Introduction
The IS Learning Team Centralised e-learning support team with a dedicated VLE
support function Well established –mainly supporting campus based e-learning
for over 15 years Shortlisted for THE award (2008)
& WISE awards (2009) Winner ALT Team award 2009 Blended & distance learning support
Rich Media (video/podcasts/SL) Production (Xerte, OSLS) Delivery (WebCT/QMP/Support)
E-Learning Toolkits At Nottingham e-learning toolkits can be:
Tutorial guides or case studies Enterprise applications Bespoke e-learning tools/solutions Web 2.0
Led to Xerte Online Toolkits Facilitating academic adoption of e-learning
by reducing or removing technical barriers
Xerte background E-Learning production can be time-consuming Sought to minimise re-invention of the wheel Support re-use throughout production Flexible and powerful Accessibility
JISC TechDIS Enhance productivity
Developers Teachers
Xerte XML Editor & Run-Time Engine Initially developer focussed Provided a consistent, accessible, and re-usable
interface for content creation Version 1 freely available in
October 2006 and used around the world
August 2008, Version 2 released as open source
Xerte Online Toolkits Teacher focussed version Browser based to remove
technical barriers Easy content creation Support collaborative
development Positive response
100% of student survey responses rated the learning package created in Xerte Online Toolkits as either good or excellent
Example Learning Object
Demonstration of tools
Xerte Web Site Currently attracting ~2200 visits per month 100,769 page views during 2008 to date Active global community of over 230 developersXerte Used in over 100 academic institutions Available in open source under GPLXerte Online Toolkits Launched September 2008 at ALT-C Over 1500 projects created at Nottingham Version 1.5 released Sept 2009 Xpert beta site now available
XPERT Xerte Public E-learning ReposiTory JISC funded under rapid innovation programme To progress the vision of a distributed
architecture of e-learning resources for sharing and re-use
Based on Xerte Online Toolkits Consortium partners
Bolton Jisc TechDis
XPERT
XPERT
For further details…Xerte:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte
Xerte Online Toolkits:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits
Xpert beta :http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert
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