The document discusses the FORGE project, which aims to transform education through the use of FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) testbeds and facilities. FORGE will support the creation of online courses using widgets, adapters, and resources from FIRE testbeds. Educators can develop courses in the FORGEBox, exporting them to learning management systems or as eBooks. This will help break the link between exclusivity and quality in education by enabling anytime, anywhere learning.
1. Transforming Education through
FORGE
Prof.
John
Domingue
Director
Designate,
Knowledge
Media
Ins;tute
The
Open
University,
UK
FORGE
Project
Coordinator
http://ict-forge.eu/
3. Throughout the history of education there has
been an insidious link between quality and
exclusivity in education... the good tidings is
that technology has shown that it can break
that insidious link once and for all.
Sir John Daniel, UNESCO (Open University
Vice Chancellor, 1994-2000)
22. OU iTunes U Stats
• Open University on iTunes U was launched on
3rd June 2008
• Now 58 iTunes U Courses
• 68,138,000 downloads
• Over 9,015,700 visitors downloaded files
• Currently averaging 87,500 downloads a week
• 449 collections containing 3,485 tracks (1,638
audio, 1,847 video)
• 423 OpenLearn study units as eBooks (ePub),
representing over 5,000 hours of study
• Currently delivering an average of 0.3 TB of
data a week
27. Specify
course
requirements
Educa;onal
objec;ves
Dates
/
Schedule
Number
of
learners
Loca;on
and
connec;vity
Devices
(PCs,
laptops,
tablets)
Learning
Management
System
Language
Iden;fy
FIRE
facility
Iden;fy
FIRE
experimenta;on
tools
Open
FIRE
account
Pre FORGE Course Preparation
28. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
29. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
30. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
31. FORGE Widgets, Adapters and FIRE Resources
Lab
Course,
(LMS,
iBook)
(3) Interactive
Content (JSON/
XML)
Resource FIRE
Testbed
Control via
specific FIRE
tools and
APIS, e.g.
FRCP/SFA/SSH
Adapter
Adapter
Adapter
(Implements
specific
API,
eg
OMF,
OML,
SFA/
RSpec,
FRCP)
(2) Request
Content
(JSON/XML)
web
container
Widget
(1) Get widget
Content (HTML5/JS)
Widget
Widget
32. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
47. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
48. FORGEBox
FORGEBox
Fed4FIRE
Portal
LMS
eBook
Provide
Interactive
content
(i.e. widgets)
Interface via
FIRE APIs
FIRE
Testbed
FIRE
Testbed
FIRE
Testbed
49. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
50. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
51. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
52. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
53.
54. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
55.
56. Iden;fy
required
widgets
Iden;fy
required
FIRE
adapters
Educa;onal
content
Create
widgets
Import
widgets
from
FORGEStore
Create
adapters
Import
adapters
from
FORGEStore
Create
course
content
Import
from
FORGEStore
Develop
Course
in
FORGEBox
Export
in
SCORM
or
ePub
Deploy
Course
Validate
/
Test
course
Import
to
LMS
or
eBook
Reserve
FIRE
resources
Evaluate
Course
FORGE Supported Activities
59. Opening the FORGE platform
• Build your own interactive course for free!
• Exploit FIRE facilities for educational purposes
• Deploy courses on FORGE platform or other
educational platform
60. Types of proposals
Educator/
Learner
• Deploy
an
exis;ng
FORGE
course
(as-‐is)
• Transform
a
tradi;onal
course
into
an
experiment-‐driven
one
• Design
a
new
FORGE
lab
course
• Extend
an
exis;ng
FORGE
course
• Create
interac;ve
educa;onal
material
(eBook)
Developer
• Develop
new
widgets
and/or
FIRE
adapters
Provider
• Offer
a
testbed
for
remote
experimenta;on
+
any
combina+on
of
the
above!
62. Cisco Endorsement
Cisco see the FIRE/FORGE iBook
implementation of the Cisco Academy Packet
Tracer platform as a significant strategic
development. ….
……
While we currently reach over a million
students using packet tracer, the potential for
the iPad and possibly HTML5 brings a new and
very exciting dimension.
Nuno Guarda, Head of Corporate Affairs for
the United Kingdom and Ireland.
63. Deployment at Univ of Patras
www.forgebox.eu/demo/courses/tcp_congestion.html
64. Summary (1/2)
• FORGE aims transform higher
education
• Making world class experimental
facilities accessible to anyone/anytime
/anywhere
• Approach is based upon
• New learning paradigms
• Rich multimedia interactive eBooks
• ForgeStore
• FORGEBox architecture
65. Summary (2/2)
• We have an Open Call
• We will support you in the use of
FORGE technologies and methods
• See afternoon’s workshop for more
details