XERTE-built Solar System Educational Resource with interactive multimedia activities

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 against) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

An Educational Resource on the Solar System was built with XERTE, an open-source authoring tool from the University of Nottingham described as "a flexible template for creating interactive learning objects". It incorporated videos, MP3 sound effects for pictures, click-to-reveal and drag-and-drop activities, and formative exercises (matching, quiz, true/false, MCQ, closed test, classifying) with immediate feedback, guided by Kemp's Instructional Design Model and Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A teacher able to operate the IWB and navigate the resource; the resource was used in 50-minute sessions over three days

Constraints

• The study used it with Standard 5 pupils (9-10 years old) in two Mauritian primary schools

Target Learners

• Standard 5 primary school pupils aged 9-10 in Mauritius

Learning Goals

• Understanding the Solar System (Earth, Moon and planetary orbits), part of the Standard V Science syllabus

Claims

• Pupils taught with the IWB and XERTE resource scored no better on post-tests than pupils taught traditionally [-W]

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Examples

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Key Sources

• Bahadur, G. K. & Oogarah, D. (2013). Interactive whiteboard for primary schools in Mauritius: An effective tool or just another trend? IJEDICT, 9(1), 19-35. http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=1559

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title	XERTE-built Solar System Educational Resource with interactive multimedia activities
description	An Educational Resource on the Solar System was built with XERTE, an open-source authoring tool from the University of Nottingham described as "a flexible template for creating interactive learning objects".
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-02
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