FORGE project @ IEEE P1876 Working Group meeting

1. FORGE
Christos
Tranoris,
FORGE
scien4fic
director
University
of
Patras,
Greece
IEEE
P1876
Mee4ng,
Madrid
22/10/2014

2. FORGE
Acronym FORGE
Title of the Project
Forging Online Education
through FIRE
Proposal Number 610889
Starting Date – End Date
1st October 2013 – 30th
September 2016
Duration (in months) 36
Total Budget €2,413,870.00
Total Manpower (PM) 231.7
EC Financial Contribution €1,699,913.00
Project Coordinator
John Domingue (Open
University, UK)

3. What is FIRE?
Future Internet Research
and Experimentation = FIRE
Learn more at http://www.ict-fire.eu/

4. FORGE
approach
to
eLearning
and
FIRE
• Create
processes,
methods
and
tools
and
provide
an
ecosystem
for
introducing
the
eLearning
community
to
the
FIRE
experimental
facili4es
• Promote
the
concept
of
experimentally
driven
research
in
educa4on

5. FORGE
core
architectural
en44es
FIRE Courses Widgets FIRE Adapters

6. 6
FORGEBox
:
a
middleware
for
enabling
FIRE
courses
FORGEBox
Fed4FIRE
Portal
LMS
eBook
Provide
Interactive
content
(i.e. widgets)
Interface via
FIRE APIs
FIRE
Testbed
FIRE
Testbed
FIRE
Testbed
FORGEBox proposed architecture, positioned with other elements

7. Iden4fied
FORGE
challenges
• Interac4ng
with
many
and
diverse
FIRE
facili4es
• Media4ng
on
behalf
of
users
(learners/teachers/course
designers)
• U4lizing
FIRE
APIs
(like
from
FED4FIRE)
• make
the
reserva4on
of
resources
in
(different)
facili4es
easy
for
both
teachers
and
learners
• to
allow
fast
experimenta4on
control
• Allowing
mul4ple
users
sharing
the
same
experiment
resources
• Handling
a
large
number
of
simultaneous
users
• Knowing
the
iden4ty
of
the
user
who
is
currently
performing
an
experiment
that
is
ini4ated
from
within
a
client
web
browser
• Accessing
resources
that
can
only
be
reached
over
IPv6
or
over
a
VPN
• Avoid
breaking
the
logical
flow
of
an
educa4onal
experiment
when
the
user
behaved
unexpectedly

8. Iden4fied
FORGE
challenges
• Seamless
integra4on
of
widgets
• Easy
crea4on
of
interac4ve
courses
• iBooks
and
eBooks
integra4on
and
crea4on
of
widgets
ready
to
be
embedded
to
Apple
iBooks
format,
as
well
as
ePub3
• Capabili4es
for
interac4ng
with
FIRE
resources
• Interac4ve
capabili4es
such
as
quizzes,
Keynote
presenta4ons,
interac4ve
images
• LMS
integra4on
as
web
content
• LMS
Authen4ca4on
process
which
needs
to
be
considered

9. 9
Approach
for
FIRE
enabled
courses
Pilot courses have been defined and will be used as
an interactive learning and training channels for both
students and professionals by raising the accessibility
and usability of FIRE facilities

10. 10
Synergies
between
FORGE
widgets,
adapters
and
FIRE
resources
web
container
Lab
Course,
(LMS,
iBook)
Resource
Widget
Adapter
Adapter
Adapter
(Implements
specific
API,
eg
OMF,
OML,
SFA/
RSpec,
FRCP)
(1) Get widget
Content
(HTML5/JS)
FIRE
Testbed
(3) Interactive
Content
(JSON/XML)
Control via
specific FIRE
tools and APIS,
e.g.
FRCP/SFA/SSH
(2) Request
Content
(JSON/XML)
Widget
Widget

11. FORGE
proposed
solu4on
architecture
• Input
so
far:
• Iden4fied
major
challenges
by
described
courses
• The
need
for
middleware
solu4on
to
support
the
hos4ng
of
widgets,
FIRE
adapters
and
which
solves
many
iden4fied
challenges
• Iden4fied
actors
and
their
support
usage
scenarios
• The
need
of
sharing
repository
• Result:
FORGEB x FORGESt reA middleware solution enabling FIRE courses A marketplace for a FORGEBox installation

12. 12
FORGE
Project
FP7-­‐ICT-­‐610889
FORGEBox
Lab
Course
resources
Budon
Budon
txt
txt
Lab Course
descriptions
Import LCs
FORGEBox
control
panel
FORGE
repository
LCs
Widgets
FIREAdaptations
Administer
Widgets
layer
FIRE
Adapters
layer
Widget
Widget
Widget
Adapter
Adapter
Adapter
Import widgets
Import Adapters
Get LC description
Get widget
Content
(HTML5/
JSON)
FIRE
Testbed
Interactive
Content
(JSON/XML)
FORGEBox
managing
services
FRCP/SFA/SSH
FORGEBox
internals

13. Iden4fied
actors
• Learner
• Lab
Course
Designer
• Lab
Course
Assistant
/
Teacher
• Widget
Provider
• FIRE
Adapter
Provider
• A
system
administrator
• We
called
this
later
FORGEBox
admin

14. 14
FORGEB xA middleware solution enabling FIRE courses
www.forgebox.eu
website
to
download
and
experiment
with
FORGE
technology
The
central
point
to
download
the
latest
release
of
FORGEBox
for
an
organiza4on
Experience
an
online
live
demo
of
accessing
on
demand
some
FIRE
resources
and
main
FORGEBox
capabili4es
loca4on
www.forgebox.eu/staging
Hosts
documenta4on/downloads/source
code

15. 15
www.forgebox.eu/g
website
that
hosts
a
“Produc4on”
deployment
of
FORGEBox
where
we
will
host
our
courses
Open
Courses
No
SignIn
required
Courses
for
FORGEBox
users
only
need
sign
in

16. 16
Deploying
FORGEBox
FIRE facility
Organizations
Learners
Learning community
Cloud

17. 17
Sign
In
–
SSO
solu4ons-­‐
Roaming
FORGEBox
users
Learner@A
www.forgebox.eu
www.forgea.xx
www.forgeb.xx
Learner@B
Learner@forgebox.eu
Access courses@
forgebox.eu
Access courses@
organizationA
Access
courses@A
Access
courses@B
All FORGEBox First Sign Up users and from Gmail, (Facebook, Twitter etc…)
users are by default Learners!
Organization A Organization B
SAML 2.0

18. 18
FORGEBox
supports
• User
subscrip4on
• We
also
started
Oauth2
OpenIDConnect
scenarios,
for
example
Google+
• We
will
also
integrate
GRNET
federa4on
sign
in
for
Greek
students
• User
policies
• Course
crea4on
• Courses
LRMI
compliance
• Courses
View
layouts
• Course
automated
ePub
export
(experimental)
• Widgets
integra4on

19. 19
Course
Crea4on
Course Module
Title, Course module description
+(LRMI metadata)
Course Presentation Part
Title, Course text
+(LRMI metadata)
Course Presentation Part
Title, Course text
+(LRMI metadata)
Course Interactive Part
Title, Course text, Interactive Part
+(LRMI metadata)
Course Presentation Part
Title, Course text
+(LRMI metadata)
Course Interactive Part
Title, Course text, Interactive Part
+(LRMI metadata)

20. 20
Courses
Views
ePub

21. 21
Use
of
Linked
Data
-­‐
LRMI

22. • Hosted
currently
as
prototype
under
www.forgestore.eu
• The
central
point
to
share
FORGE
ar4facts:
• Widgets
• FIRE
adapters
/
FORGEBox
Services
• Interac4ve
courses
• Manages
FORGE
ar4facts
• Provides
a
single
point
for
FORGEBox
ar4facts
developers
• Provides
and
API
for
easy
access
by
FORGEBox
installa4ons
FORGESt re

24. 24
Prototype
examples
• Secure shell access from web interface
• Log viewer from web interface
• Wireless nodes configuration and
monitoring
• Networking configuration
• Remote configuration of resources

25. 25

26. 26

27. 27
iBook

28. 28
Web browser
Secure
shell/logging
through
web
interface
Remote
machine
FORGEBox
Jetty
JavaWebApp
Web
resource
Java
class
proxy
ssh widget
(html/js)
Logviewer
widget
(html/js)
Content / web sockets

29. 29
Approach
for
Courses
descrip4on,
implementa4on,
registra4on
and
execu4on
Lab
Course
descrip4on
(rdf
/
json
/
xml)
FORGEBox
LC
Designer
widgets
LCs
Widget
repository
LCs
Repository
LC designer
HTML5/JS
page
Widget
eBook
Widget
Widget
Widget
Mashup
design
HTML5 / JS
development
Publish
description
Import widget
Import widget
Save
description
Export
Generate

30. 30
Lab
course
Import
process
Import
course
Import
course
descrip4on
Import
widget
ar4fact
Import
FIRE
adapter
ar4fact
Install
&
configure
course
Install
&
configure
widget
Install
&
configure
FIRE
adapter
More?
More?
yes yes
no no
Integrate
course
ar4facts
Test
and
publish
course
to
learners

31. What
we
can
bring
to
the
standard
• Architectural concepts
• Prototypes, models and software
• Access to hardware and experimentation testbeds
• Experience so far

32. THANK
YOU
Christos
Tranoris,
University
of
Patras
FORGE
hdp://ict-­‐forge.eu/
hdp://www.forgebox.eu/g
hdp://www.forgestore.eu