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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The University of Nottingham have sunk a lot of money into this
so far and it is a key part of our elearning strategy. The Xpert Project is to
develop a repository that will sit alongside Xerte Online Toolkits – it is
that project that will complete in September. Beyond that we anticipate at
least another year of refinements, and will be doing more to promote the tools
to the outside world, and to develop the communiuty of users to the point where
the software would be sustainable, even if the UoN went for a ball of chalk.
Right now the software is gaining the UoN much i) kudos and ii) funding, so it’s
unlikely to go anywhere in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The long term future of the software will lie with the
open-source community around it. I imagine key developers from the Xerte
project team would remain members of that community and continue to play an active
role. There are already a number of key stakeholders from other institutions
and organisations. It is hoped that people like yourself, that have a stake in the
project’s sutainability, that use and like using the software, will play
a part in helping to sustain it into the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Johnathan
Kemp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] The future of Xerte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello Xerte Team,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am in the process of trying to convince the
company I work for to use Xerte On-line Toolkits as their preferred solution
for developing e-learning modules for posting on a Moodle site.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have been looking at the Xerte site for
details of the project, particularly with respect to the future plans for Xerte
- its ongoing development and maintenance. I note that Xerte is a product of
the Xpert project which has on its page a headline "Xpert Project, April
1st - September 30th 2009". </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there any details available regarding the
future plans for Xerte? Any roadmap for its future development? Any indications
of what level of resource, if any, will be available to support the longer
term viability of Xerte?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Xerte is a very interesting product but I
will need to be able to demonstrate to my colleagues that they do not have to
worry about Xerte's viability in the longer term.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johnathan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johnathan
Kemp<br>
IT Dev. Manager<br>
Connexions Staffordshire<br>
</span><a href="http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.cxstaffs.co.uk</span></a><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>01785 355714</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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