Welcome to the Xerte Toolkits showcase. Here you can explore the many ways the Xerte Toolkit is being used in education and training.
Remember to explore our Xerte Recipes, look at the JISC TechDis guides to using Xerte Toolkits and get your own chance to play on the TechDis Xerte sandpit. There’s also an introduction to designing for learning.
Higher education examples
Nursing and social care – this highly interactive learning object makes good use of simple techniques like drag and drop and image hotspots in order to build up and reinforce learning.
Promoting physical activity in older age – Here more use has been made of external links to video and other resources
Tigger is straining to pass faeces – but this Xerte Toolkit object will help you diagnose the problem but will Tigger live to bounce another day?….
Statistics – the Prezi presentation links to a number of statistical packages where the standard Xerte Toolkits output has been tweaked with bespoke developer input. Xerte doesn’t put developers out of a job but helps them work in a much more efficient way to add value where it is needed rather than wasting time doing things tutors could do with Xerte Toolkits.
Workbased learning / professional development
Teacher training example is used to help tutors new to e-learning to make more imaginative use of Word and PowerPoint in teaching. In the process they get to see the benefits of Xerte Toolkits!
This introduction to print impairment is designed for publisher training
Further education and skills
Fieldcourse support - allowing people to navigate through a wealth of supporting information whilst in the field on their mobile devices/tablets. Notice how embedded pages allow the use of third party tools like text wall and TitanPad pages to create real time collaboration opportunities.
Hair and beauty – this example from a Xerte Friday session in 2011 illustrates how Xerte Toolkits can add value to learning in a Hair and Beauty context.
Literacy / Basic English – this learning object uses the Synched Video template
Numeracy practice with creative use of Toolkits templates
Sociology and psychology topics demonstrated using Xerte Toolkits
Schools
Where is Cameroon? Primary level Geography resource.
How not to fish – an interactive children’s story using Xerte Toolkits.
English as a foreign language – this learning object by Inge Donkervoort is used to teach English to Dutch children.