E-learning team wins national award

PA 241/09 Pioneering software that enhances teaching and learning has won a national award for The University of Nottingham team that developed it. Xerte — a powerful suite of freely available online tools — has been recognised by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an excellent example of new technology being used to improve the learning experience for students and staff. The Xerte project team won ALT's 'Learning Technologist of the Year Team Award 2009', which celebrates and rewards excellent practice and learning in the learning technology field. The software enables academic staff and students to produce instant online quality content, incorporating multimedia elements like video, audio and pictures whilst allowing for the automatic creation of transcripts and RSS feeds. The Xerte Project provides a full suite of open source tools for e-learning developers and content authors producing interactive learning materials. It provides an easy way to create sophisticated interactive teaching material that is engaging, stimulating and immersive. Functionality that would be time-consuming to develop from scratch in other tools can be created very quickly in Xerte.