Smart Collaborative Learning in an Intelligent Campus Environment Dr. Benjamin Hirsch benjamin.hirsch@kustar.ac.ae
Topics The intelligent Campus Cloud Education The Collaborative Learning Environment Tying it together
EBTIC : a UAE-based ICT open innovation hub Market, social (health, education & infrastructure) challenges, Customers requirements & needs fed through partners US/UK/EU/GCC UAE Input Government EBTIC Telecom (BT, Etisalat) IT Service Industry (MNC, SME) Output Benefits; Enhanced, productivity, cost savings, Skills development, Social, political benefits from application, Regional & global Recognition & patents & publications. Delivered to or through partners Academia (UAE, international) KU/ZU/ShU UK/EU/US/AUS/India
Next-Generation Communication Network Architectures Enterprise & Distributed Applications Computational Sustainability & Green ICT Next Generation Intelligent Collaborative Health Care Technologies The Intelligent Campus (icampus) Academia Etisalat, BT & KUSTAR (founding partners)
The Intelligent Campus imanagement Centralized building mgmt and maintenance, auto-emergency system, automated surveillance, security access & control, etc isocial Social networking & comms, info sharing, work collaboration, social localization, pattern analysis, interest grouping, etc ilearning Holistic elearning, collaborative student care system, real-time remote distance learning, user on-demand course delivery & assessment, interactive crossvarsity lectures and online materials, customized course programme, analysis of student learning path, push/pull einfos, ebooks, & other eresources, etc icampus ihealth Proactive preventative healthcare, remote healthcare system, mobile health, telecare, telemedicine, centralized ehealth records, intelligent ebioinformatics, early epidemic alert platform, etc igovernance Campus internal & external governance, process visibility, adaptability, self configurability, auto presetting & reporting, etc igreen Green ICT and sustainability, smart energy harvesting, intelligent sensor mgmt system, passive & active design, etc
The Intelligent Campus collaborative learning environment SCM: student care management isocial: towards smart sociallearning platform elibrary/ebook pilot research case study in the UAE region Smart Student mcompanion Smart mobile assessment tool Cooperative Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Topics The intelligent Campus Cloud Education The Collaborative Learning Environment Tying it together
Cloud Computing Service Models Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) Deployment Models Private Public Hybrid
Cloud Learning Anytime anywhere learning Context awareness Seamless integration of various tools, services, and data
Where Cloud and Education mix Integration of various (backend) services Anytime anywhere access to services, data Anytime anywhere interaction Anytime anywhere learning
Topics The intelligent Campus Cloud Education The Collaborative Learning Environment Tying it together
Aims Enhance the learning experience of students, anytime and anywhere Strengthen collaboration and soft skills Provide support for faculty with group assignments Test various learning theories
Value Proposition Tight integration with university LMS Vehicle to validate learning theories and improve university teaching Integration with Ankabut provides scalability and value-added services Possible adaptation workplace scenarios
Components P P P P P
Current Components Collaborative Writing Area Allows for synchronous editing Color codes individual contributions Provides playback functionality
Custom Components Communication Audio Chat Video Chat Text based Chat Forum (moodle)
Custom Components Exchange of Research Bookmarks (private and public) Files (moodle)
Roadmap Hosting on Ankabut Servers Beta-testing within Khalifa University Roll-out for 1 or 2 courses at Khalifa University for fall semester Ankabut hosting (of Moodle and CLE) provides opportunities for other universities too!
Topics The intelligent Campus Cloud Education The Collaborative Learning Environment Tying it together
Steps towards the icampus Vision Learning CLE SCM Care Profile Analysis Data Collection ELSE Sources isocial
Student Care Management Support the identification of anomalies within the student behavior Provide trend detection for courses and cohorts
isocial aims to create an environment to foster collaboration & enhance learning + + + Collaborative Customisable Foster sharing & contributing + = User centric Intelligent Enhance learning
Current Status CLE Prototype developed on Moodle SCM Identifying initial requirements and data sources and analysis of data isocial Design of motivational model and implementation of basic social network platform
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