Canadian E-Learning Conference June 17-20 2008

Online Course Content Development Made Easy with eXe (eLearning XHTML editor)

Presenters:

Anita Angelini Mount Royal College
Rod Corbett Mount Royal College

Description:

eXe is a new development tool that makes it very easy for any instructor to develop well designed online learning content that can be placed in your Blackboard course or on any website. With eXe you can make your course more engaging with a variety of interactive components that can facilitate various kinds of learning experiences.  (It also might save you lots of TIME because it's that easy to use!)  For details about eXe go to http://wwwacad.mtroyal.ca/exe
In this workshop you will learn how to:

• Develop a multi-page online learning module and upload it to an online course in Blackboard or other platform.
• Develop content pages with a variety of rich media elements.
• Develop interactive pages with interactivities and reflective feedbacks.

More about eXe (eLearning XHTML editor)

This is a free tool that has the following features:

• It is free and supported by a large open source community.
• It is available for Linux, Mac, Windows and even has a Ready-to-Run version for Windows so you can run it on a computer without installing it. You can even run it off a USB stick.
• It is very easy to use
• It creates some great looking multi-page learning objects that your learners just need a current web browser to access.
• It exports the objects in HTML, Zipped packages, and SCORM and IMS packages so you can put them on a CD-ROM, website or into Blackboard of similar LMSes.

This tool is designed for teachers to use to author learning modules that are well designed using ID principles. You have a choices of several Instructional Devices like interactive quiz questions and feedback objects. There is a image gallery and image magnifier that is very cool.

We are also using eXe with students to create their e-portfolios as well as other electronic presentations.

There are many examples you can check out at http://exelearning.org/Examples

Feel free to check it out at http://exelearning.org/ and download it.

 About the Facilitators:

Rod Corbett has been working in the field of adult education for 20 years in the roles of learner, instructor, technical support and instructional designer. Rod completed the Master of Distance Education degree from Athabasca University entirely online. He is now working at Mount Royal College as the Coordinator of Educational Technology Integration in their Academic Development Centre. Rod is also a sessional faculty member of the University of Calgary where he teaches 2 online courses about instructional design. Click here to visit Rod Portfolio page

 Anita Angelini is a full-time instructor at the Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal College.  She teaches courses in governance, ethics, and volunteer management in Canada's only Applied Bachelor Degree program in Nonprofit Studies.  She also teaches general management courses.  Anita has a Master's degree in Higher Education from Stanford University.  She has designed and hosted several online courses and just conquered her first blended-learning course with the use of eXe.