New Release of eXe
11-September-2005
The eLearning XHTML editor project has just released version 0.8 to coincide with Software Freedom Day. You can download the latest version from the eXe project web site.
The eXe project is developing an off-line authoring environment to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. You can export content as self-contained web sites or as IMS/SCORM content packages for delivery in your preferred learning management system.
Release 0.8 of the eXe software includes the following improvements:
- a new default stylesheet;
- an improved iDevice editor that enables you to create your own iDevices and assign icons for individual iDevices;
- an image gallery iDevice which you can use to create a gallery of thumbnails and captions. When published users can view the full-size image;
- a Flash iDevice that enables users to embed flash object in their e-content, however we still have some work to improve the usability of this iDevice so please let us know about our suggested improvements.
You can download the eXe project brochure, which summarises the project. There are currently versions in English, Spanish, French and Chinese. In the near future we hope to have brochures in Greek, Dutch, Romanian and Vietnamese with thanks to the eXe community. If you are able to assist with the translation of the brochure in other languages, please contact the project lead: w.mackintosh "at" auckland.ac.nz.
The eXe is still a young project and while there may still be a few bugs and much room for improvement, we welcome your feedback. Over the next 6 months we are working towards the production release (Version 1.0) and we are inviting feedback from the community to improve the software.
So feel free to post your comments and ideas on the Eduforge forums for the eXe project.
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Sweden talks Open Content
20-September-2005
The SIGOSSEE seminar in Sweden last week was brilliant.
Entitled Content for education in Europe: processes, platforms and standards, the seminar was organised by Peter Becker form the Interactive Institute and held at the impressive water side headquarters of the Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting (Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions who sponsored the event.
The aim of the meeting was to discuss open content, platforms and standards for Education in order to formulate a set of focus points for a continued national and European development work.
Technorati Tags: Open content, Open source
