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Broadband services for schools through the Greek School Network

Broadband services for schools through the Greek School Network. The Greek School Network. Objectives Operate, maintain and extend national school network infrastructure Connecting schools with the Greek School Network Hosting, development and support for telematic services

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Broadband services for schools through the Greek School Network

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  1. Broadband services for schools through the Greek School Network Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  2. The Greek School Network • Objectives • Operate, maintain and extend national school network infrastructure • Connecting schools with the Greek School Network • Hosting, development and support for telematic services • User support and education in the use of the network and services • Educational goals • Support learning through the use of digital services • Provide access to certified digital content • Facilitate cooperation among distributed teams • Facilitate the communication among the members of the educational community in national and international level • Facilitate administrative and organizational actions for education • An environment that encourages educational innovation, promotes utilization of investments and creates the environment for the creation of digital educational content Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  3. Funding - implementation • Under the MoE design for issuing and utilizing ICTs in education: • Distributed infrastructures development (school laboratories, networking, telematic services) • Creation of digital content and software • Education for teachers in ICT • Modernization for educational management and administration • Funding • 2007-today: national funds • 2000-2006 : EU - Operationalprogram for Information Society • Implemented with the cooperation of human network: • Ministry of Education • 2 Research Institutions • 9 Univercities &Technical Univercities (NTUA, Athens, Aristotle, Aegean, Macedonia, Democritus, Thessaly, Ioannina, Crete) • 2 Technological Educational Institutions (Athens, Salonica) • International best practice Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  4. The human network • Roles: • Design and implementation for network infrastructures in educational units and administrative bureaus • Design, development, provisioning and support for telematic services • Procurement for network and service infrastructures • Management and operation for network and services • Technical support for schools and users • Utilization of excellence centers in research and educational institutions: • Produce and digest know-how in national level • Produce and promote experienced, specialized personnel • Bridging the IT competences gap • Save operational costs Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  5. Some numbers and stats … • Single largest operational national network in extent and size • Connects 14.390 schools, 7.500 school LANs, 2.937 education administration bureaus, 594 libraries (494 in schools, 71 national, 29 municipal), 60 general national record bureaus • Provides personalized access to 73.413 teachers, 21.835 students • Numbers 119.819 active e-mail accounts • Provides network services complementary with GRNET • Closed educational intranet – security for students is on of the prime objectives • Provides a value added services designed for education • User training and support in offered services • Promotion and application of the open source development model – significant participation in OSS community • Provides digital social space and the means for the creation of Greek Educational Internet - based Communities • Internet penetration: 100%, Broadband penetration: 70% Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  6. User categories Certified users: • Schools • Students • Teachers • Administration staff • Administrative offices Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  7. Current network architecture • Backbone network:GRNET –the Greek Network for Research and Education: • cooperation • complementary • operational cost minimization • Distribution network: • 51 owned nodes installed in National Telecommunication Organization centers • Gigabitconnections viaGRNET-2 in 16points (Athens, Salonica, Patras, Heraklion, Larisa, Ioaninna, Siros, Xanthi, Chania, Rethimnon, Serres, Korinth, Komotene, Chios, Mytilene, Kozani) Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  8. Network architecture Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  9. Future network architecture Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  10. Telematic services to users (1/2) • Basic services • Network access • Automated teacher and studen registration • Regulated internet access • Schools portal and students portal • User support • Communication services • Electronic mail and e-mail anti virus and anti spam protection • Electronic communication lists • Discussion forums • Teleconferencing • Content pomotion services • Web pages for schools and teachers • Wizards for automated web page creation • Blogs • School electronic magazines Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  11. Telematic services to users (2/2) • Advanced services • Video on demand • Live casting • Synchronous and asynchronous tele-education • Complementary services • Electronic cards • Electronic magazine e-emphasis • Web folders • Digial certificates and PKI • Property registry • GIS Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  12. Administration Services • Central infrastructure services • NMS network management system • Monitoring tools • Domain name service • LDAP directory service • Users management service • Single Sign On (SSO) service • Identity management and Federation services Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  13. New educational toolbox Will provide students and teachers with: • Authentication and secure internet access services • Asynchronous tele-education services • Creation and common document services • Synchronous and asynchronous tele-education • Content creation, communication and promotion • Collaborative learning and social networking • Integrated communication • Student portal Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  14. Innovative actions and services • PKI service • Single Sign On (SSO), federation and identity management (IM) • Quality of Service (QoS) • Synchronous tele-education • IPv6 activation • Remote network and system management for school labs: • inventory - asset management • software distribution • Remote desktop control • System and network monitoring Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  15. Open source in the GSN • Benefits: • Reduced costs in acquiring and maintaining software, fro example Clam-AV reduces operational costs by 80.000 euros/year • High national added value • Contribution leads to know-how • Internationalization, translations and adaptations (horde, moodle, free radius) • Development and contribution (dialup-admin) • Reduced times for setting-up services, applications or environments • Customization of software to needs • Quality, acceptance, reliability, performance and security • Security is checked by the community • Defects: • Lack/inaccurate/out-dated documentation • Limited support Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  16. Conclusions • Greek School Network: the national intranet of first and second level education • Successful implementation due to the collaboration of MoE&R, Research Institutions, Univercities, Technical Educational Institutions, GRNET and school communities • Exploits know-how from academia • Utilizes critical national resources (GRNET) • Offers a wide range of added value services • Promotes educational innovation and IT usage in education • Minimizes operational costs and pursues valuable solution • Fosters the exploitation of educational infrastructures for broad purposes with national impact • Collaborates with local communities and organizations Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

  17. Thank you ... … for your attention! • More information can be acqired at www.sch.gr www.sch.gr/leaflets www.sch.gr/docs • Communication: info@sch.gr Broadband Education Services, 11-12 June 2009, Crete, Greece

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