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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You are correct. The hardest part of the job is to create the structure of e-learning materials, preparing text and multimedia content.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If we want to do well e-learning material we should know a lot of about theme we studied.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If students prepare e-learning material on the topic they currently studying the knowledge is greater than if they just read the ready material - learning by doing.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span 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>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: FW: Student Generated Content<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>We found it effective outside of multimedia courses, where you might expect some exposure to authoring tools: in modern languages we found that getting students to create exercises encouraged critical thinking (about the key points, the things they found hard) and collaboration and problem solving, all good stuff, which made the learning more effective than if they had simply taken some materials. The old adage: you learn a lot when you teach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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"'> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brane ©mitek<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 November 2012 11:12<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: FW: Student Generated Content<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Personally I involved students in the production of e-learning materials at the subject Multimedia systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>They produced E-learning materials under my supervision. The focus of work is not on the content of materials, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>but on the manufacturing techniques and the use of multimedia elements in the production. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the current academic year I </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>planned</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> to use XOT as a tool for producing e-learning materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Currently I trying to provide server and software required for the job. Work with students will begin in January 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Branislav SMITEK Ph.D.</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Maribor</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FACULTY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kidriceva cesta 55/a</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SI4000 KRANJ</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SLOVENIA</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel: +386 4 237 42 63</span><span lang=ES style='color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>fax: +386 4 237 42 99</span><span lang=ES style='color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:brane.smitek@fov.uni-mb.si">brane.smitek@fov.uni-mb.si</a></span><span lang=ES style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] FW: Student Generated Content<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>I’ve long been a proponent of getting students to create their own content: I know some of you are too. Has anyone got any hard evidence to back up a claim that this can positively impact students learning? I have seen hard evidence before from at least two sources, one study undertaken here at Nottingham (in Modern Languages), but I can’t remember where I saw the other one – was it someone here?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Julian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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