Xerte online toolkits (xot)

INTRODUCTION: Overview

• What
• Where
• Why

INTRODUCTION: Using

• Publishing & Collaborating
• Accessing
• Designing

WHAT (IS XOT)?

• Free & Open Source
• Interactive, Engaging, Accessible & Reusable LOs
• Authorware & Repository
• EASY to use
• 69 page types - nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560

EXAMPLES

where (IS IT BEING USED)?

• Blended (incl. Flipped) Learning
• Distance Learning

where (is it being used)?

• ACTIVE CLASSROOM-BASED CONTEXTS
• Interactive Whiteboards
• QR Codes
• Web pages e.g. Prezi
• Social media tools e.g. blogs, wikis

where (is it being used)?

• Offline e.g. remote locations, NHS
• By learners

why (use XOT)?

• Easy to use
• Templates - formative tasks
• Navigation, accessibility, cross-platform
• Maintenance
• Support - Community (xerte.org.uk) & Techdis

note!

• XOT is not the same as "Xerte"
• Xerte = sophisticated development environment
• Xerte Desktop Version
• XOT - developed for non-programmers

PUBLISHING & COLLABORATING

• PUBLISH:
• Link
• Embed in VLE or other site (e.g. blog)
• SCORM

PUBLISHING & COLLABORATING

• COLLABORATING:
• Share - multiple authors
• Peer review

accessing xot

• Institutional installation
• TechDis Sandpit

designing

• Designing for Learning
• Page types - Quick Ref & Match
• Storyboard templates
• Resources List

resources