Introduction To eXe

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    1. Introduction to eXe WEETHE meeting 27/11/08 Roger Gardner e-learning team University of Bath
    2. Objectives
      • Increase awareness of the eXe authoring tool and some of its features.
      • Consider potential applications in learning and teaching, particularly in the area of formative assessment.
      • Compare with other authoring applications you may have used.
    3. Outline
      • What is eXe? – overview
      • Hands-on activity
      • Feedback & discussion
    4. eXe http://exelearning.org/
    5. What is eXe?
      • eXe is an easy-to-use freely available authoring tool to assist those without technical web skills in the publishing of professional looking web content .
      • It can be used offline and incorporates pedagogical scaffolding.
    6. Key features
      • Offline authoring
      • Content can be used in a range of VLEs
      • Easy for staff to learn
      • Professional-looking content
      • Pedagogical scaffolding
    7. Key features
      • Wysiwyg editing and ability to preview
      • Can run from external device (e.g. USB stick) without installation
      • Ability to define structure e.g. Main , Section, Sub-Section levels
      • Customisable e.g. build your own iDevices
    8. What are people saying?
      • “We found the tool intuitive to use and it was straightforward to import the resulting courseware into our VLE (Blackboard). Overall, we are impressed with the tool.”
    9. What are people saying?
      • Benefits: “Consistency of formatting (always an issue!), updatability, clean and attractive appearance, Moodle compatibility.… It is intuitive to use, and results in content that is easily uploaded to Moodle. We are also able to make new iDevices specific to our own needs. Course materials and interactive components can also be generated and updated offline, for later upload.”
    10. i (nstructional) Devices
    11. Example 1 – Hookes Law http://wikieducator.net/hookeslaw/index.html
    12. Example 2 – Bacterial cell structure http://wikieducator.net/biology/
    13. Editing – adding an iDevice
    14. Hands-on
      • Download
      • eXe can be downloaded from: http://exelearning.org/
      • Consider
      • Potential applications for learning & teaching, especially formative assessment
      • Useful features
      • Comparison with other authoring tools
    15. Further information
      • Comments / Questions?
      • http:// exelearning.org / overview, support, downloads
      • http://www.wikieducator.org/Online_manual eXe online manual
      • http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/BookCase/library_section1.htm Using eXE )(e-book)

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