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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>HI <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have joined this discussion
forum this very day. I am very much a non coder and I tried to down load xerte
last night I went so far by reading the given instructions but when it came to
asking me to enter information regarding Mysql code and database
addresses I came undone. Is Xerte offered on a memory stick that can be
uploaded as you can with the sticky moodle?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lynn Kaya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Johnathan
Kemp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 February 2010 10:29<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] non coders?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hello Julian,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>A few thoughts on this</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>The easiest E learning to produce is often text based with some
pictures and a few test questions. But it can be very tedious and tends to be
based on the learner reading information and then answering questions about it.
It also tends to be sequential.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Consideration needs to be given to more use of sound. Unless you
are presenting instructions that need to be followed, then for most people it
is easier to assimilate the spoken word than the written word. But
circumstances may make sound impractical e.g. use of Citrix, use in a busy
office. So ideally e-learning content should offer the option for text or
sound, or both (not generally found to be the best solution, but it covers all
preferences). So for example you could have a page with a mind map on it and
when you click or tab to a term on the mind map, you either see some
explanatory text, or you hear an audio commentary, depending on your
preference. Following on from this, any template that provides for the
presentation of large amounts of text should include an option for the
provision of audio commentary to replace the text and the page design
should work whether the full text is displayed or not.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Page designs need to make full use of tabbing and space key,
as an alternative to using the mouse. I am not sure if this is true of all the
current Page Templates, it certainly is not true for some of the page
wizards.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Additional examples of xerte coding might include how to implement
accessibility features.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I think one of the greatest challenges for e-learning is to move
away from an information giving and question asking paradigm to more of a
simulation / scenario based paradigm in which learners have to apply learning
in situations that mirror as far as is possible the environment in which they
will be required to apply their knowledge. This can be very situation specific,
making the design of generic templates to support it difficult. However
building in features that support the easy configuration of non-sequential
learning may help.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I have thought for a while about a template that might manage
and present the kind of information that you would need for a typical
adventure game e.g. locations, items that can be picked up and used, exits that
define links between locations. Actions that can be taken, maybe even
characters that can be asked questions. Whether Xerte 3 would make that kind of
template more achievable I am not sure.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>The physics engine in flex 4 also sounds interesting. The ability
to control the movement of objects and test for collisions may open up some
potential for simulations or learning games.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>It is also interesting how you can broaden the interaction between
people in e-learning. Stand alone e-learning packages can be solitary
experiences. The ability to link e-learning modules together so that they could
exchange data, would open up a variety of interesting possibilities, from tutor
support to learner - learner interactions. Role play could become a
possibility.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Kind regards</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Johnathan</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johnathan
Kemp<br>
ICT Development Coordinator<br>
Connexions Staffordshire<br>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>01785
355714<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Julian
Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 February 2010 09:17<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] non coders?</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would love to see more discussion
about design of content, what makes good interactivity and all that stuff
– there’s too much terrible elearning out there, and it’s not
to do with the coding. Good design and a bit of coding makes much better
content than lots of coding a bit of design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You can do quite a bit without
writing a lot of code, particularly around presenting media: text, sound, video
and graphics, and create some simple interactivity. If you work through the
getting started guide, I think you’ll see what can be done without a lot
of code.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Once you do start writing code,
Xerte can do an awful lot for you. The icons hide an awful lot of complexity
that would otherwise be time-consuming to create, and so development can be
very fast, compared to creating the equivalent content off the bat in Flash.
Coding isn’t so hard – and when you master it, you can do anything
you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='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
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John
Doubleday<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] non coders?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>Hi Everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>While watching
this list I notice most of the communication is about coding issues. Are their
many no coders here. And is it realistic to be a non coder and use
Xerte?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>John D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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