Forging  Online  Educa0on  through  FIRE  (FORGE)  FORGE  is  a  project  bringing  the  FIRE  and  eLearning  worlds  together.  In  par0cular,  FORGE  will  align  FIRE  (Future  Internet  Research  and  Experimenta0on)  with  the  ongoing  educa0on  revolu0on  as  found  for  example  in  MOOCs.      FORGE  will  specify  development  methodologies  and  best  prac0ces  for  offering  FIRE  experimenta0on  facili0es  to  learners  and  to  the  learning  community  in  general.      The  project  will  lead  to  a  strong  connec0on  between  the  learning  community  and  exis0ng  FIRE  plaIorms  and  suppor0ng  tools.    

Future  Internet  Research  Experimenta0on  (FIRE)  

•  FIRE  ini0a0ve  is  a  European  endeavour  that  promotes  the  crea0on  of  wide-­‐scale  federa0ons  of  high-­‐  performance  testbed  and  experimenta0on  facili0es  for  internet  and  network-­‐related  research.    

FORGE  goals  •  FORGE  aims  to  transform  the  FIRE  facili0es,  already  vital  for  European  research,  into  a  learning  resource  for  higher  educa0on,  enabling  educators  to  easily  create  experiment-­‐based  learning  resources  

•  From  an  educa0onal  perspec0ve  FORGE  promotes  the  no0on  of  Self-­‐Regulated  Learning  (a.k.a.  independent  learning  or  auto-­‐didac0c  learning)  

•  FORGE  allows  educators  to  create,  use  and  re-­‐use  FIRE-­‐based  learning  experiences  through  our  tools  and  techniques    

•  FORGE  enables  equity  of  access  to  the  latest  ICT  systems  and  tools  independent  of  loca0on  and  at  low  cost.  Experimental  facili0es  are  expensive!!!  

FORGE  technologies  

•  Social  networking  technologies  •  Enabling  learners  and  educators  to  create  paths  from  online  resources  •  Suppor0ng  collabora0on  amongst  learners.  

•  Interac0ve  eBooks  •  Rich  mul0media  •  Interac0ve  widgets  to  run  large-­‐scale  experiments  

•  Linked  data  suppor0ng:  •  Delivery  of  learning  material  •  Discovery  of  learning  material  through  seman0c  links  

Elearning  plaIorms  and  networking  testbeds  •  Experimenta0on  is  a  key  concept  in  engineering  educa0on    

•  Facili0es  usually  costly  to  implement  and  to  maintain  

•  Remote  laboratories  provide  remote  access  to  experiments  allowing  students  to  access  experiments  without  0me  and  loca0on  restric0ons    

Self  regulated  learning  

•  Learners  benefit  greatly  from  construc0vist  or  learning-­‐by-­‐doing  approaches    

•  Individual’s  ability  to  learn  how  to  learn.    

Psycho-Pedagogical Integration Model

FORGE  architecture  •  Linked  data  

•   Delivery  and  naviga0on  of  learning  materials    

• Widget  store  •  Storing,  sharing  interac0ve  widgets  for  experimenta0on  

•  Interfacing  FIRE  facili0es  •  Booking,  using,  configuring  the  FIRE  testbeds  to  perform  the  experiments  

www.forgestore.eu  www.forgebox.eu  

Lab  course  design  process  

FORGEBox

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Lab  Course  descrip0ons  

LC  designer  

Import  LCs  

FORGEBox control panel

FORGE repository

LCs  Widgets  

FIRE  Adapta0ons  

Administer  

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FIRE Adaptations layer

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Import  widgets  

Import  Adapters  

Get  LC  descrip0on  

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FIRE  Testbed  

Interac0ve  Content  (JSON/XML)  

FORGEBox managing services

FRCP/SFA/SSH  

Resul0ng  widgets  (html)  +  iBook  

Early  prototypes  •  FORGE  has  released  a  first  version  of  an  interac0ve  electronic  book  for  the  iPad  and  MacOS.  The  book  contains  a  number  of  networking  courses  produced  by  FORGE  that  use  FIRE  facili0es  for  introducing  basic  networking  concepts  to  the  reader/learner.  The  materials  provided  in  this  book  include  course  text  and  interac0ve  mul0media,  real  equipment  labs,  remote  access  testbeds,  as  well  as  different  types  of  learning  ac0vi0es.  

•  Video  demo  available:  •  h_p://vimeo.com/98431150  

FORGE  Networking  courses  iBook    

FORGE  Networking  courses  iBook    

FORGE  Networking  courses  iBook    

FORGE  Networking  courses  iBook    

FORGE  Networking  courses  iBook    

FORGE  HTML-­‐based  networking  courses  •  h_p://forge.test.iminds.be/wlan/  

FORGE  HTML-­‐based  networking  courses  •  h_p://www.forgebox.eu/demo/courses/tcp_conges0on.html  

Gegng  involved  with  FORGE  (Open  Call)  

•  As  a  facility  provider      

•  As  a  student  

•  As  a  facilitator/teacher  

•  As  a  designer/teacher  

Take  away  message  

•  FORGE  studies  and  develops  new  processes  to  online  learning  enhanced  by  remote  experimenta0on  on  high-­‐performance  testbed  facili0es  

•  FORGE  reinforces  and  complements  the  tradi0onal  online  courses  with  interac0ve  online  hands-­‐on  laboratories  

•  FORGE  enables  equity  of  access  to  the  latest  ICT  systems  and  tools  independent  of  loca0on  and  at  low  cost.    

•  FORGE  strengths  the  culture  of  online  experimenta0on  tools  and  remote  facili0es.    

     

More  informa0on…   www.ict-­‐forge.eu  www.forgestore.eu  www.forgebox.eu  info@ict-­‐forge.eu  

 Download  our  Networking  courses  

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 610889