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Basic foilset Distance Education activities at NPAC

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We summarize NPAC's activities in Technology and Curricula for education
Technology includes the WebWisdom database system and TangoInternative Collaboration system
Curricula include Computational Science and Education
Courses are offered at Jackson State and we describe plans for collaboration with China in the "International Collaborative Web University"
We discuss K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate cases

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1 Distance Education Activities at NPAC
2 Abstract of NPAC Distance Education Activities
3 NPAC Education Technology Activities
4 NPAC Education Curricula and Distance Delivery Activities
5 CSC499 at Jackson State
6 Tango WebWisdom Model Collaborative University model for Education
7 Architecture of JSU Distance Education
8 Summary of ICWU International Collaborative Web University and its Internetics Program
9 WebWisdom Architecture
10 Database Architecture for WebWisdom
11 Critical Tools and Services in WebWisdom
12 Screenshots of Tango Teaching Tools
13 The current Capabilities of Tango -I
14 Capabilities of Tango -II
15 The current Capabilities of Tango -III
16 Tango Educational Applets
17 The current Capabilities of Tango -IV
18 Tango Visible Human and Chat

Outside Index Summary of Material

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Foil 1 Distance Education Activities at NPAC

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April 7 1998
http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/brazildistedapril98
Geoffrey Fox
Syracuse University
NPAC
111 College Place Syracuse NY 13244 4100
3154432163
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Foil 2 Abstract of NPAC Distance Education Activities

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We summarize NPAC's activities in Technology and Curricula for education
Technology includes the WebWisdom database system and TangoInternative Collaboration system
Curricula include Computational Science and Education
Courses are offered at Jackson State and we describe plans for collaboration with China in the "International Collaborative Web University"
We discuss K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate cases
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Foil 3 NPAC Education Technology Activities

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WebWisdom "Object Web" Support for synchronous and asynchronous learning including
  • Multimedia (recorded from lectures) Database linked to course material
  • Java viewer for PowerPoint and multimedia data
  • Java Authoring Tool
  • Linked Databases can be Oracle or Lotus Notes with latter's asynchronous collaboration tools
TangoInteractive -- leading web-based synchronous collaboration system with a set of education tools
  • Chat, White Board, Digital Audio Video
  • shared web pages for conventional instruction
  • shared physics simulation applets
  • "raise hands applet" to alert teacher
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Foil 4 NPAC Education Curricula and Distance Delivery Activities

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Can offer internally "Certificates in Internetics or Computational Science" (Total of 6 semester classes)
Can offer internally Web and Java classes for K-12 level
All these courses are in form suitable for WebWisdom delivery
Teaching Senior Undergraduate Class in Java for web applications at Jackson State Mississippi using Tango
This fall will combine with local CDROM to teach computational science at Jackson using full asynchronous and synchronous support
Collaboration with Peking University to set up ICWU or "International Collaborative Web University" with initial focus on Internetics
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Foil 5 CSC499 at Jackson State

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Taught using Tango/WebWisdom over Internet (now DREN via CEWES) every Tuesday and Thursday from Syracuse
  • Course material based on Syracuse Senior Undergraduate class ECS406
Jackson State major HBC University with many computer science graduates
Do not compete with base courses but offer addon courses with "leading edge" material (Web Technology) which give JSU graduates skills that are important in their career
  • Job fair employers liked Java Programming!
Needs guaranteed 30 (audio) to 100 (video) kilobits per second bandwidth assuming course material mirrored at JSU
  • Can be offered using CD-ROM's to homes with audio only link and 28.8 kbaud modem
This illustrates that synchronous delivery is a "guided tour" of large asynchronous resource -- 250 megabytes in total
Important to have curricula mentor and technology expert at remote site
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Foil 6 Tango WebWisdom Model Collaborative University model for Education

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Universities "specialize" and deliver courses in areas of expertise
  • Provide all students and faculty with access to broader range of leading-edge courses
JSU will lead HBCU wide deployment
NPAC will use internationally for ICWU
Pilot for distance training for DoD and Continuing Education
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Foil 7 Architecture of JSU Distance Education

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NPAC Web Server
JSU Web Server
JSU Tango Server
...
Audio Video Conferencing Chat Rooms etc.
Address at JSU of Curriculum Page
Teacher's View of Curriculum Page
Student's View of Curriculum Page
Participants at JSU
Teacher/Lecturer at NPAC
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Foil 8 Summary of ICWU International Collaborative Web University and its Internetics Program

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ICWU will join 6 or more universities together in fall 98 to use distance education across the world to teach Internetics at Graduate (6 courses) and High School ( 2 courses)
  • Includes Peking, Chang Sha and NPAC
  • courses will add value to and not compete with existing curricula as typically novel material not yet available
Internetics is the study of technologies, services and applications enabling and enabled by the world wide Internet
  • such as Java, networking, security, multimedia, CORBA, electronic commerce,
Will prototype and test education technologies, infrastructure and demonstrate the feasibility of new approaches to education using International Collaboration
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Foil 9 WebWisdom Architecture

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Foil 10 Database Architecture for WebWisdom

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Educational Objects i.e.
Data Defining Content of Curricula Pages
Server side
Java(JDBC) or
LiveWire
Metadata
Web Server
Conventional HTML Pages
Dynamically Generated
Including XML syntax Dublin Core (IMS)
Web Browser
Templates Defining How educational data stored in Pages
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Foil 11 Critical Tools and Services in WebWisdom

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Database query and access including indexed video clips
Delivery including specialized VRML, GIS (virtual worlds), Simulations as well as classic HTML
Collaboration or sharing of interactive objects
  • Asynchronous and Synchronous
User interfaces for disabled individuals (universal access)
Security for proprietary material and personal information
Quality of Service based on replication and bandwidth trade-offs
  • Asynchronous has less demands than synchronous
Conversion and Integration of Legacy material
Authoring (object creation) tools
Assessment Administration and Logging Tools
Specialized services such as programming laboratories
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Foil 12 Screenshots of Tango Teaching Tools

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WebWisdom
Chat
Shared Browser
Audio Control
Tango Control App
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Foil 13 The current Capabilities of Tango -I

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Tango supports a synchronous shared event model of collaboration
Tango supports (more than) enough (over 40) applications and our current activity is to evaluate, improve and make robust release
Core Collaboration Capabilities
  • Audio-Video Conferencing multicast between room participants
  • Text chat rooms with various trade offs between "coolness", ease of use etc.
  • Shared Browser (Synchronized view of Web Pages)
  • Shared Web Search (becomes shared database query)
  • Slide Show
  • White Board
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Foil 14 Capabilities of Tango -II

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Databases Linkage
  • JDBC Link to WebWisdom Database June98
  • Lotus Notes Link to Asynchronous Collaboration August 98
Office and Authoring Tools
  • PowerPoint via shared display or shared Java viewer
  • Microsoft Excel using NetMeeting
  • Microsoft Word
  • shared visual C++ etc.
  • Combined Whiteboard / Java object based PowerPoint like authoring system
  • Shared emacs editor
Critical for Education
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Foil 15 The current Capabilities of Tango -III

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General Virtual University Applications
  • Current WebWisdom hierarchical systems navigating through 20,000 foils and 500 foilsets
  • "Raise Hands" Applet to help teacher-student synchronous interaction
Special Virtual University Applications
  • Shared Java applets to teach physics (spring, planets, vector cross product)
  • Shared Java Applets used to teach Java!
  • Shared SmartDesk system aimed at activities useful in special education with built in assessment
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Foil 16 Tango Educational Applets

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CONTROL
Shared Planetary Motion Applet
Shared Cross Product Educational Applet
Shared Neural Net
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Foil 17 The current Capabilities of Tango -IV

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Have some fun with Multi-player games
  • VRML Chess
  • Tetris
  • Othello (Java)
  • Rubric's Cube (Java)
  • Should develop snakes and ladders and bunch of similar "grid" games
"Other" Applications
  • TANGOsim command and control system with shared tools (e.g. mapping, weather) to use in scripted crisis management
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Foil 18 Tango Visible Human and Chat

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CONTROL
Shared VRML 3D Visible Human
Shared Browser Page
Chat
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