While employed at the University of Nottingham I helped to develop Xerte Online Toolkits (work for which I received two awards one national and one international). Xerte was a desktop tool, but we worked to help turn it into a web based tool so you could create your learning content online and not need to upload it separately. Working online also allowed you to collaborate on projects with others.
I helped to develop the early versions of the code, and then internationalised the site so it could run in different languages.
Some of the features Xerte has
- Runs on a simple PHP / MySQL stack
- Allows users to license materials via Creative Commons
- Allows for deposition into the Xpert repository
- Allows users to catalogue and supports Dublin Core Metadata
- Built in accessibility
We used several Xerte items when developing our Coursera MOOC, English Common Law
