o About:
XPERT (Xerte Public E-learning ReposiTory) is a JISC funded rapid innovation project (summer 2009) to explore the potential of delivering and supporting a distributed repository of e-learning resources created and seamlessly published through the award winning open source e-learning development tool Xerte Online Toolkits. The aim of XPERT is to progress the vision of a distributed architecture of e-learning resources for sharing and re-use.
Learners and educators can use XPERT to search a growing database of open learning resources suitable for students at all levels of study in a wide range of different subjects.
Creators of learning resources can also contribute to XPERT via RSS feeds created seamlessly through local installations of Xerte Online Toolkits. XPERT has been fully integrated with Xete Online Toolkits and provides a simple tool to support the publication and re-purpose of interactive and accessible multimedia content. Xpert also includes RSS feeds from many other OER sites around the world and therefore provides a rapidly growing rich resource of high quality e-learning resources from multiple institutions.
Further information about Xerte:
Further information about XPERT:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_1154
o Title of Primary Project Output:
JISC-XPERT: Xerte Public E-learning ReposiTory (XPERT)
A distributed repository of e-learning resources created and seamlessly published through the open source e-learning development tool, Xerte Online Toolkits
o Screenshots or diagram of prototype:
o Link to working prototype:
o Link to end user documentation:
o Link to code repository or API:
o Link to technical documentation:
o Date prototype was launched:
September 2009
o Project Team Names, Emails and Organisations:
Christopher Pressler, christopher.pressler@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Andy Beggan, andy.beggan@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Julian Tenney, julian.tenney@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Patrick Lockley, patrick.lockley@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Alison Johnson, alison.johnson@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Bill Hubbard, bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk, The University of Nottingham
Alistair McNaught, Alistair.McNaught@HEAcademy.ac.uk, JISC TechDis
Roy Attwood, R.Attwood@bolton.ac.uk, Bolton University
o Project Website:
- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/
- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/
- http://twitter.com/xerte_project
- http://webapps.nottingham.ac.uk/elgg/xpert/weblog/rss
- http://xerte.bolton.ac.uk/
o PIMS entry:
o Table of Content for Project Posts. Grouped by theme then date order
Background Reading
- How google evaluate their searches
- Metadata
- Learning objects, learning object repositories and learning theory..
- Repositories with material creation capacity
- Google not liable for defamatory search snippets
- Ocwams razor
- Open access in Spain
- Repositories day
- Web 2.0 functionality and XPERT project
- Higher education in a web2.0 world
Findings and Conclusions
- Bolton evaluation
- Report on development of distributed repositories via RSS aggregation
- Teacher focussed training materials
Good News
- Jane's E-learning pick of the day
- Alt awards 1
- Alt awards 2
- ....Shortlisted for WISE award
- Growing interest in Xerte Online Toolkits from schools
- XPERT beta release
- Teacher trainees discuss xerte
- XPERT July report
- Xerte promo on YouTube
- Guess how many sweeties are in the jar
- Xerte in Africa
- Xpert's Alive....
- Look on ye works MIT...
- Xtranormal and XERTE
- Elearning Africa - the word is out - courstesy of XERTE Online Toolkits
- JiscTechDis promotion activities
- XPERT version 0.01
Presentations and Project Dissemination
- Open learning conference
- Alt-C workshop
- Xerte Online Toolkits guides
- Xerte promo on Youtube
- Xerte in Africa
- Papers accepted at Edulearn 09 and ALT-C conferences
- Nottingham internal elearning seminar 22nd June: Open learning materials and XPERT project
- Elearning Africa - the word is out - courstesy of XERTE Online Toolkits
- XPERT project dissemination update
- Paper accepted at 2-Day mini conference: E-learning 2.0
- Paper accepted at EduLearn09
- Nottingham internal elearning seminar 22nd June: Open learning materials and XPERT project
- XERTE non-conference
- Teacher focussed training materials
- JISC TechDis promotion activities
- XPERT project dissemination update
- The people have spoken
- Getting feedback on priorities for training resources
- Welcome
Project Deliverables
- Report on development of distributed repositories via RSS aggregation
- September update
- Bolton evaluation
- Bolton-on Bolton
- Xerte Online Toolkits guides
- Alt-C workshop
- ...Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5
- Xpert's Alive....
- Teacher focussed training materials
- JISC TechDis promotion activities
- The people have spoken
- Prototype website
- Getting feedback on priorities for training resources
Repository Design and Testing
- To Dc or not..
- Metadata
- Downs v DC
- XPERT beta release
- I can't wait for you forever
- OER disposition freqency
- Death by validation
- Tabs and email now in
- Data mining in UNOW
- Data mining example
- Admissions policy
- Last version before done...
- Xpert's Alive....
- HTML to DCMI tool
- Filter function..
- New versions
- Bill Clinton dances, but there is a distinct lack of Al Gore rhythm
- Your names not down you're not coming in
- You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your relations
- Publish and be ignored
- Intute repository, SRU functionality and subject lists
- New features
- Xerte sustainability
- Version 0.3
- Don't shoot the messengers
- How open does open have to be to be open enough to for us to open in including it in our open courseware repository....
- Feature finalisation meeting: Monday 29th 1.00-2.00pm Nottingham
- End of month final feature round up meeting
- New features
- Give it a namespace
- Filter function now available on XPERT
- XPERT repository/Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 features round up
- Code new stuff
- Web 2.0 functionality and XPERT project
- Journeys through open source
- XPERT version 0.01
- Xpert version 0.0000000000000000000000000000001
- Specifications
- Draft specifications
- SWORD
- Specifications
- Prototype website
- Early prototype
- Updated workflows
RSS Harvesting - the highs and lows
- Chronic/Incrondible
- Decade bug
- I would have gotten away with it...
- Just when you thought it was safe...
- Harvest festival
- Bolton-on Bolton
- RSS no more..
- Model T OER
- Feeding of the one thousand
- I can't wait for you forever
- Raiding Warwick Castle
- OER disposition freqency
- Death by validation
- I've got a combined harvester..
- Data mining in UNOW
- Data mining example
- Admissions policy
- Look on ye works MIT...
- Simple simon metadata
- Do not type open courseware into google....
- Pat versus RSS
- Post-Fordist approaches on establishing standards in decentralised anarchic systems
- Guess how many sweeties are in the jar
- I take it back webservices - all is forgiven
- Somebody answer the plone
- More journeys through RSS
- Don't shoot the messengers
- Journeys through RSS
- Prototype website
- Early prototype
Team Meetings
- XPERT online meeting July 16th 2009
- Feature finalisation meeting: Monday 29th 1.00-2.00pm Nottingham
- End of month final feature round up meeting
- Meeting notes for virtual project meeting on 5th June 2009
- Minutes of meeting and SWOT analysis now available
Updates
User Feedback
- Metadata
- Growing interest in Xerte Online Toolkits from Schools
- Feedback from the Ashmolean
- User feedback from the Ashmolean
- Evaluation
- Teacher focussed training materials
- The people have spoken
- Getting feedback on priorities for training resources
Keywords: demonstrator, finalProgressPost, JISC, JISC-XPERT, Jiscri, JISCRI, output, product, progressPosts, prototype, rapidInnovation
Comments
The OU has moved its content into OPML and RSS, scope for the future here as well.