Scalable LOR Deployment Griff Richards BCIT Technology Centre

Scalable LOR Deployment Griff Richards BCIT Technology Centre 1 9/25/2020

Vision: n Sustainable e. Learning Environments growing in an eco-system of scalable components for core, community and individual participants. 2 9/25/2020

Critical Success Factors n n n Instant gratification Robust tools Ease of use 3 9/25/2020

Current Situation n Large Solutions for communities Portal approach => Maintenance & Support Issues Individuals shy away from control 4 9/25/2020

A brief history of time… n n POOL I- Centralized not whole solution POOL II- POOL , POND & SPLASH n n Napsterish P 2 P for individuals AND orgs Scalable tools edu. Source Communications Layer (ECL)interoperability in a global community Now linking ECL + P 2 P with OKI + Internet 2 5 9/25/2020

Reviewers BC Campus Learners edu. Source Communities Queen’s Printer Instructors Big School District Parents NSDL Third parties SMETE Ed. NA 6 9/25/2020

Reframing Interoperability Web pages Repositories Semantic Web 7 9/25/2020

Interoperability begins with intent 8 9/25/2020

Shibboleth 10 9/25/2020

MIT Open Knowledge Initiative: application Insert ECL Infrastructure about here layers Good re-use through common infrastructure 11 9/25/2020

Some Current Research Frontiers Interoperability Semantic Web Meta. Data interchange Trust and authentication Adoption by educators Quality and Community e-Portfolios Learning Design 12 9/25/2020

The world does not stand still. Adoption of technology is based upon how well or how timely it solves today’s problems or creates a new vision of the future. 13 9/25/2020

Play Airplane movie (from web) 14 9/25/2020

Convergence? n n n Organizational Knowledge Community Knowledge Personal Knowledge Independent yet linked Tools for real user needs The rights to create, to consume, to contribute and to manage knowledge 15 9/25/2020

Trends n n Cost reductions through reusability of content and infrastructure components Collaboration in open source developments Scaleable solutions Interoperability is key Issues n n Moving Target On-going support Tight time$ Us 16 9/25/2020

For further information please visit: www. edusource. ca www. lornet. org www. lionshare. net Griff Richards griff@sfu. ca www. edusplash. net 19 9/25/2020