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Using Cloud Computing to Support Virtual Congress Juan G. [email protected]
Objective
Highlight the contributions of the strategy of using collaborative projects, in educational institutions nationwide (public and private), to the learning process of students through reflection on new classroom dynamics and the socialization of deployment scenarios.
Specific Objectives
• To socialize experiences and report cases of implementation of the strategy of collaborative projects in education establishments in Colombia.
• Encourage the education community to use collaborative projects as a strategy that promotes meaningful learning
• Making effective use of technological infrastructure and connectivity at the national level for increase coverage and participation of the educational actors in the Congress.
Target Audience
• Currently active teachers of primary and secondary education
• Normal complementary cycle students• Teachers in training• Research community• Professional teachers• General community
Academic Committee
• Claudia María Zea – Programa Nacional de uso de
Medios y TIC Ministerio de Educación Nacional• Ma. del Rosario Atuesta Proyectos colaborativos - EAFIT• Mauricio Duque Escobar Pequeños científicos - Uniandes• Beatriz Agudelo Red Virtual Escuela Nueva Caldas• María Elena Manjares Colciencias Ondas• Paula Pérez Fundación Evolución, Argentina
Sponsors
• Escuela nueva virtual de Caldas
• CPE - Mincomunicaciones
• Fundación FE – Argentina
• REDAL – REPEAL
• Colciencias
• Universidad EAFIT – Comunicación social
Pre-Congress activities
February 9 to 22
Pre-Congress activities
February 9 to 22
Central dynamics
February 23 to March 6
Central dynamics
February 23 to March 6
Post-Congress activities
March 9 to 20
Post-Congress activities
March 9 to 20
Virtual Congress Structure - Time line -
Prepare audience for topics and activities
Academic, social and knowledge production activities
Evaluation of the congress and deployment of contents to Colombia Aprende
Prepare audience
Guided activitiesReview Project Repository
Expectation campaing
Training activitiesVirtual course: ABC on CP
Advertisement (1 month before)Portal Colombia Aprende – National Portal’s Network
ICT Managers – Educations Secretariesemail
Pre-Congress activities
Experiences recompilation
Identify relevant experiences nationwideOn site information recompilation
Content creation
Pre-Congress activities
Working area
Virtual Events Platform - Universidad EAFIT
Central dynamics
February 23 to March 6
Central dynamics
February 23 to March 6
Virtual Congress Structure – Information and contents flow -
AcademicAcademic
Videoconferences
Forums
Workshops
Videoconferences
Forums
Workshops
SocialSocial Knowledge ProductionKnowledge Production
Exhibition of teacher and student
experiences and testimonies with
collaborative projects based on ICT
Coffee Shop
Exhibition of teacher and student
experiences and testimonies with
collaborative projects based on ICT
Coffee Shop
Collaborative wiki construction about
collaborative projects.
Thematic Forums
Collaborative wiki construction about
collaborative projects.
Thematic Forums
Academic, social and production activities
Academic
Streaming and Live videoconferences
Forum to support direct interaction between the audience and the lecturer
Academic
Private workshops to promote the knowledge and use of web 2.0 tools and services.
Reflections around documents or videos proposed by special guests who will moderate the discussion.
A support team for both activities will be available.
Socialization
Experiences reported by students and teaches
Interviews, papers, video documentaries, photos, images
Live interaction with project leaders
Comments
Socialization: Colombia tours
Wiki built during the congress by the attendants
Supporting team
Knowledge Production: CP’s Wiki
Knowledge Production: CP’s Wiki
Social Network: Coffee Shop
Post-Congress Activities
Evaluation
Importance and impact of pre-congress activities, subject relevance for education, pertinence of the format, discussion quality, theme management, interaction dynamics, workshop’s quality and pertinence, support documents, etc.
Contents
Compilation of contents for indexing and publishing in http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co, including videos, interviews, editorials, posters, documents, wiki about CP, etc.
Analysis of the experiences identified and selected in order to let them join the program “Colombia Innova”.
Evaluation intention is to verify that:• The purpose of the congress, to highlight the experiences with
CP, is fulfilled
• Virtual activities encourage the use of ICT
• The virtual format increased the coverage of the congress, allowing more teachers to attend
• Teachers are motivated to work with CP
• Trained and enthusiastic staff enhances the dynamics of interaction
Evaluation congress contribution to the use of ICT
Technology
Platform behavior
Skills for using available tools
Relevance and usability of the virtual format
Resources and contents
Quality and relevance of supporting
material
Topic relevance
Quality of lectures
Interaction
Participation alternatives
Intervention quality
Relevance of the proposeddynamics
Human Resource
Support quality
Attendance’s ICT skills
Knowledge created and/or
transmitted
Dynamic ComponentsUpdated information and activities development
Recent activitiesRecent activities Daily eventDaily event Visit to the regionsVisit to the regions
Module through which evidenced the participation of
the attendees at the conference spaces: Forums, wiki, conferences, comments on an expedition, participation
inworkshops and tutorials,
coffee, tell us your experience.
Banner that promotes the day’s main activity. May be related to conferences or workshops. This
message was changed daily. The messages
Focused on highlighting the topic: Do you know how to
integrate technology in your project?
Banner promoting the visit to a given region of the country where
experiences identified are highlighted.
Links to a region.
ReflectionReflection NewsNews
News kind of content, Accompanied by video or
pictures and text, reporting on the subject to work and the
moderator in charge.
Interesting news on the latest activities. With pictures or videos.
Have you missed a conference?
Have you missed a conference?
Links to lectures’ log. Conferences can be viewed on demand.
Transversal componentsComponents that allow direct access to different information services
User menu Attendance Schedule Forum
Share your experience with
CPInvite a friend Congress submentu Tags CloudRSS, news and forum
Users are able to add information to their profile, contact other users through messages and make them part of their contacts.
It shows the number of attendees registered. It
is updated automatically..
Detailed information about events, lecturers, moderators, topics, with direct link to the activity
site.
Detailed list of all forums. Creation of
forums is promoted in the coffee shop. The attendees define the
topics.
Enables users to register and document
experiences that have not been
identified.
Allows a user to send an invitation to
a friend
Additional menu. Includes News,
Certificates, FAQs, Help, Site map and
links.
Users will receive updates of recent
activities in forums and news through mail.
Cloud with the more popular tags.
Call for participation
• Expectation campaign on Colombia Aprende
• Direct email to registered users of: Colombia Aprende, formation processes, Operators, CPE, national network of portals.
• Colombia Aprende, Medellin Digital, other sites.
• Direct email to social networks and virtual communities in Colombia Aprende.
• Free registration
• Pre-Congress activities for Pre-register.
• Updates on activities of the congress, on-site conference, Colombia Aprende microsite.
Microsite Congreso Virtual en
Colombia Aprende
http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co
Public space Work space
Ingreso e inscripciónal congreso
Schedule
• Registration started on February 10, 2009
Attendees
Category Feb 12 Feb 17 Feb 23 Mar 4
Departments 25 26 31 32
Education Secretaries
51 69 78 80
Colombian Cities 191 264 509 579
Colombian teachers 274 902 3664 5541
Students 15 107 694 1401
Others 45 174 693 1194
International attendees
7 43 185 272
TOTAL 341 1184 5079 8142co
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Foreign participants: 35 countries
Foreign participants: 35 countries
Activity CommentsInauguracion 252Tematica1 398Tematica 2 190Tematica 3 456 Reflexion 1 250Reflexion 2 135Reflexion 3 32Reflexion 4 146 Experiencias 155Expectativas 1112Proyectos 291Ayuda 224Café 343 Ruta1 138Ruta 2 90Ruta 3 56Ruta 4 57Ruta 5 57 Resumenes 114Noticiias 178 Total Comentarios 4674
Participation through comments
Virtual Workshop: Participation during 3 weeks
Congress and the WEB 2.0
Original System Design
• Guiding principles:– Do not reinvent the wheel– Users must perceive only one environment– ICT literacy must no be a limitation
• Critical issues:– Video bandwidth. Both for live and on
demand.– Availability
Original System Design
• Selected tools:– Cloud based video services– Drupal– Moodle– MediaWiki– MySQL
Too successful, evolve
• Three days before starting: 4000 users
• Solution: Evolve
• Key concepts:– Load balancing– Preserve sessions– Synchronize servers– Use HTML properties (RESTful orientation)
First Approach
Second Approach
Third Approach
Final Design
Conclusions
• Scalability is a must. We were lucky!• Problematic situations to avoid:
– Data stored in local file systems– Multiple ids – multiple sessions
• Open issues:– Chat with multiple users
• We are currently developing from scratch a cloud compatible application
