[Xerte] Re: Students creating with Xerte - short video from Epping Forest College

[Ron Mitchell]

When delivering Xerte training I'll often say something like "even if you
aren't yet convinced about xerte yourself the real power and potential of
the tools is if you enable and encourage your students to use XOT for
authoring not just consumption e.g. rather than you creating the
interactions or quizzes just set an activity where your students are asked
to create the questions and answers" I said something like this during
training on Friday too and the reaction from some delegates is unfortunately
sometimes full of doubt and scepticism and pre-conceptions of how such a
strategy wouldn't work with their students!

 

Vikki and her colleague Souad attended a couple of days Xerte training I
delivered for RSC-London previously and although I'm not trying to take any
credit for their subsequent use of Xerte with students what was great is
they saw and embraced the potential and flexibility of the tools from the
outset and thanks to the JISC TechDis sandpit were able to do so immediately
even before having their own installation. They plan to implement their own
installation soon and clearly hope to cascade the good practice already
achieved. This will include a full case study supported by JISC Techdis. 

 

Well done Vikki and Souad - can't wait to see and hear more!

 

Ron

 

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Students creating with Xerte - short video from Epping
Forest College

 

Terrific, brilliant stuff. That's made my day.

 

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
Sent: 28 March 2011 09:22
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Subject: [Xerte] Students creating with Xerte - short video from Epping
Forest College

 

Here's an inspiring start to the week.

Vikki Liogier, Head of e.Learning and Innovation at Epping Forest College
sent us this link to show how students have engaged with using Xerte in the
college.

 

 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7qk8NSJxc&feature=player_embedded>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7qk8NSJxc&feature=player_embedded

 

"Students are creating LO for their peers, presenting and then testing
understanding and learning. One of the main barrier we have identified to
embed eLearning at EFC is time. Time for staff to be trained, time for them
to develop LO. By engaging students in the learning and teaching process,
the barrier is taken down, the teacher also benefits from a pool of LOs that
he/she can use the following year, while the students are stimulated by the
ownership of their own learning. Everybody wins. "

 

Some great inspiration here, please pass on our congratulations to your
colleagues Vikki and thanks for sharing the link.

 

Alistair

 

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