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Given by Geoffrey Fox at MRA Workshop on Network Based Education on June 26 98 Datemod;June 26 98. Foils prepared
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We describe how the original "train the trainers" model has evolved into "learn from them best teacher/expert" and has combined lessons from NSF and DoD projects
We give initial plans for the summer with samplers in four levels of education
We suggest this could grow into a broad based Collaborative University and describe examples including classic computational science and Internetics
We list some next steps

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1 Next Steps after the NSF MRA Workshop -- Towards the K-lifelong Collaborative University?
2 Abstract of Next Steps after MRA Workshop and the Collaboration University
3 Evolution in Strategy
4 What will Happen this Summer I
5 What will Happen this Summer II
6 Some Tradeoffs in Technology and Curricula
7 What is Collaborative University?
8 Traditional Model of Instruction
9 Collaborative Model of Instruction
10 NPAC Education Curricula and Distance Delivery Activities
11 Impact of IT worker Shortage
12 What is Internetics ?
13 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: K-12
14 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Undergraduate
15 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Graduate
16 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Graduate Electives

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Foil 1 Next Steps after the NSF MRA Workshop -- Towards the K-lifelong Collaborative University?

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June 26-27 1998 San Diego MRA Meeting
http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/mrajune98/mraintrojune98
http://www.npac.syr.edu/tango
Geoffrey Fox
Syracuse University
NPAC
111 College Place Syracuse NY 13244 4100
3154432163
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Foil 2 Abstract of Next Steps after MRA Workshop and the Collaboration University

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We describe how the original "train the trainers" model has evolved into "learn from them best teacher/expert" and has combined lessons from NSF and DoD projects
We give initial plans for the summer with samplers in four levels of education
We suggest this could grow into a broad based Collaborative University and describe examples including classic computational science and Internetics
We list some next steps
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Foil 3 Evolution in Strategy

From Overview of Purpose and Futures for MRA Workshop MRA Workshop on Network Based Education -- June 26 98 Datemod;June 26 98. *
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The MRA collaboration originally was aimed at train the trainers with the best experts in HPCC so we could disseminate broadly the results of research programs
Experiments in electronic delivery evolved this model into one in which we supply in cascade fashion the best teacher and/or expert in the field.
  • The audience is both teachers and students
  • This model is one essential driver for future Virtual Universities
We also suggest broadening educational fields involved to include all levels and to include both training and education
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Foil 4 What will Happen this Summer I

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We will give some sample 1 to 3 hour classes at 4 levels with a variety of lecturers
K-12: Java Academy -- Introduction to Java programming with emphasis on graphics (NPAC)
Undergraduate: Introduction to Parallel Programming (Boston University)
Graduate: An Introduction to Networking (NCSU)
Training: Advanced HPCC Topics
  • HPC++ Dennis Gannon (Illinois)
  • Performance Tools (Dan Reed)
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Foil 5 What will Happen this Summer II

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The courses will use a selection of delivery technologies and lecturers who are both experienced in and new to technologies.
The audiences should include both teachers/trainers and students
The summer offerings will be complete for graduate training examples but will be "overviews" in other cases which can be followed by longer (semester) offerings
Need help in many areas:
  • Assessment from deliverers and audience
  • Volunteers to deliver or to receive classes in either sample and/or full fashion
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Foil 6 Some Tradeoffs in Technology and Curricula

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Distance learning attractive for many reasons
  • travel costs and scheduling issues critical for institutional training
  • Our goal was to deliver expertise not available onsite
Education or Training (more focused material typically without university credit)
  • Training is probably primary goal of DoD
Asynchronous (access to web based material) or Synchronous (teacher interacting with students in real time) or both
  • Asynchronous attractive if poor interconnect (eg international) and for very busy motivated students)
  • K-12 learning models suggest collaborative groups
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Foil 7 What is Collaborative University?

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Suggest sustaining model for activities started by MRA
Not for Profit Collaboration pioneering world wide distance education
Targeting Curricula not typically available in most Universities and Training Programs
  • So that "adds value" and does not compete with current academic programs
  • Curricula is novel rapidly changing material which needs inter university collaboration to develop complete academic or training programs
Will need all approaches as no one model
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Foil 8 Traditional Model of Instruction

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Professors
Students
Common Shared Books and Such Resources
Done separately for each class at each university
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Foil 9 Collaborative Model of Instruction

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Professor from Univ. 1)
Outside
Students
Common Shared Books Web based Lecture Material
and Similar Resources
Each University teaches a given class to all Students Universities divide classes up among themselves
Local Students
INTERNET
Class I is
given by
University 1)
to students
at 1,2,3)
3)
2)
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Foil 10 NPAC Education Curricula and Distance Delivery Activities

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Can offer "Certificates in Internetics (4-6 Semester classes) or Computational Science" (2 semester classes)
Taught two semesters from Syracuse over Internet using Tango a Senior Undergraduate Class in Java for web applications at Jackson State Mississippi using Tango collaboration system
This fall will use a local CDROM to teach computational science at Jackson State and other HBCU's
Collaboration with Peking University to set up ICWU or "International Collaborative Web University" with initial focus on Internetics
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Foil 11 Impact of IT worker Shortage

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So depending on the source, one finds a shortage of 100,000 to 300,000 workers in Information Technology today -- this is forecast to grow with 1 million more jobs created by industry by year 2004
Note a lot of IT opportunities are in applications -- more than "basic systems"
So Internetics is natural skill set to address IT worker shortage and certificates offer interesting possibility of linking this with other educational fields
  • e.g. Internetics minor with a basic physics/engineering major
  • good educational background for science educators and journalists
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Foil 12 What is Internetics ?

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Emerging field centered on technologies services and applications enabling and enabled by world wide communication and computing grids
The contents come from Computer Communication and Information science fields but with an applied flavor so forms critical knowledge needed by many application fields such as scientific computing, telemedicine, electronic commerce, digital journalism and education
Students with an interdisciplinary background will be encouraged
The applied focus with many totally new and rapidly evolving technologies makes Internetics unique
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Foil 13 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: K-12

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K-12 aimed at Middle and High School Students
These 2 courses must be passed to obtain Certificate
  • Introduction to the Web
  • Introduction to Programming using Java (assumes no programming experience)
See NPAC's Java Academy at http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/k12javaspring98/
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Foil 14 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Undergraduate

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These 4 courses must be passed to obtain Certificate
  • Introduction to Internetics
  • Basic Web Technologies
  • Infrastructure
  • Basic Services and Applications (including introduction to high performance computing)
Obviously can place out of classes as appropriate
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Foil 15 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Graduate

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Graduate and Continuing Education have same curriculum with 4 core and 2 electives needed for certificate
Core Courses (total 4 courses)
(There will also be a "booster course" offered to students who have taken the Undergraduate certificate so they can "place out" of graduate core course)
  • Introduction to Internetics
  • Basic Web Technologies including Java
  • Infrastructures including Networking
  • Basic Services including Security, Servers, JDBC and Web-Databases
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Foil 16 Internetics Certificate Curriculum: Graduate Electives

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Need to take 2 electives chosen from:
Computer Science Electives
  • Advanced Technologies e.g. VRML, advanced Java
  • Advanced Services Multimedia, Collaboration
  • High Performance and parallelism from Compilers to Web Servers
  • Distributed Computing Technologies
  • Distributed Objects and Components
Application Electives:
  • Education and Information Systems
  • Commerce
  • Computation and Visualization I and II e.g. Computational Science, including Datamining, distributed simulation, metacomputing
  • Computational Physics or Aerospace Engineering including advanced mathematical methods
  • (This has analogies in other Engineering fields, Chemistry etc.)
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