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Peter in the cloud of education Cloud computing in education at FINKI

Peter in the cloud of education Cloud computing in education at FINKI. Katerina Zdravkova University Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering katerina.zdravkova@finki.ukim.mk. Contents. Introduction Milestones of cloud computing

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Peter in the cloud of education Cloud computing in education at FINKI

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  1. Peter in the cloud of educationCloud computing in education at FINKI Katerina Zdravkova University Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering katerina.zdravkova@finki.ukim.mk

  2. Contents • Introduction • Milestones of cloud computing • Cloud computing in education and in research • Peter’s fascination • FINKI’s clouds • Systems integration • Conclusion 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  3. Who is Peter? • Young and ambitious student attracted by ICTs • Successful competitor at international informatics competitions • He is aware that: • In the new hi-tech era it is more than ever inevitable to learn and acquire new knowledge in order to survive and progress in the present-day world • The increased demand for learning entails that the educational process should have the most important role 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  4. The challenge • Transformation of the educational system seems to be very slow • Any new technology introduced in education soon becomes obsolete and ineffective, often causing confusion among teachers and students, instead of offering better education 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  5. Peter’s first contact with FINKI • His home school was similar to Plato’s Academia • Experience with MENDO 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

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  7. August 2012, Peter’s enrolment • Enrolment coincided with BOI 2012 • Will he be able to enroll? • His colleague’s statement: • “While iKnow exists, you should not worry.” • eStudent Information System – iKnow 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

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  9. Peter’s first classes • He entered the amphitheatre trying to be closer to the blackboard • But, there was no blackboard there  • Teacher uncovered the whiteboard and made a cable channels news’ presentation 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  10. First brunch • First visit to the labs • Computer’s local storage was almost empty • But, there were several Internet browsers • He twitted a short message with his first impressions: “The Faculty I chose must be in the clouds” 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  11. Peter’s research • What is cloud computing? • Cloud computing and education • Cloud computing and research 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  12. Milestones of cloud computing • Early 1960s, MIT: Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) • Invented: • Multitasking • Time-sharing • 2006, Amazon Web Services • Initial aim: to create a balanced triangle between software, infrastructure and platform 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  13. New devices haveaffected learning as well • e-Learning, m-Learning, s-Learning • Cloud computing in education • Key players: Amazon, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  14. Cloudy education • 2004, North Carolina State University: Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) powered by Apache Software • Applications like Matlab, Maple, SAS, SPSS offered to more than 40000 students • Oracle: Sun Cloud • 2009, IBM: Cloud Academy (ICA) • Sun Cloud retired, Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Exadata Database Machine were born • Google Apps: Google Docs/ Drive, Google Talk, Google Video and Google Sites 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  15. Cloudy Learning Management Systems • BlackBoard/WebCT: xpLor • Moodle + Amazon Web Services + BitNami Cloud Hosting: BitNami Moodle 2.4 • Cisco Networking Academy + Canvas: Cisco NetSpace 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  16. Cloudy research • IBM and Google Cloud Computing University Initiative launched Cluster Exploratory (CluE) program • Massive cloud cluster Hadoop performed more than 120 million computing tasks • The mission accomplished: research and education of outstanding universities had enormously benefited from this program 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  17. The transformation • Traditional blackboards  Interactive whiteboards • Textbooks  Digital contents • Books  Tablets, smartphones • Internet cable connection  Wireless Internet • Static E-learning 1.0  Dynamic E-learning 0.2 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  18. Peter’s new smartphone • A tool for ubiquitous access to: • e-mails • Facebook profile • Internet • Can he access something else? 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  19. FINKI in Microsoft’s clouds • 2012/13: more than 3000 students • Partnership with Microsoft: • Office 365 • Microsoft Live accounts / FINKI Live accounts • Access to Microsoft software for educational purposes • Microsoft SkyDrive 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  20. Peter’s fascination • Blockbuster movies  • Computer Animation Club • Cloud solutions used: • File sharing: Adrive, FilesFINKI, Dropbox • Asset management system: Tactic • Version control management: GitHub, BitBucket, Google Project Hosting and SVN • Antivirus: Panda Cloud Antivirus 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  21. Tactic and Bitbucket/Github 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  22. Online communication 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  23. Peter’s privacy concern To join or not to join? 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  24. FINKI in social media • Enrolment procedure on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FINKIedu • Staff on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/faculty-of-computer-science-and-engineering---skopje • Future diploma: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/finki-cse/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FINKI.ukim.mk • Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSEedu 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

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  26. Systems integration • Central Authentication System (CAS) • CAS functionalities currently provided only to FINKI students and staff • e-Student Information System iKnow • Provided to University students and staff • e-Learning systems: Moodle, LE • e-Testing system: eTest and cloudy e-Assesment • e-Assesment currently implemented in primary and secondary schools in Macedonia • Online testing and laboratory exercises system eLab 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

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  30. FINKI’s HPC • High Performance Computing supercomputer: • 84 servers • Each server using 2 microprocessors (168 in total) • Each processor having 6 cores (1008 cores in total) • 2016 logical processors • The blade servers are interconnected through Infiniband • 84 separate links 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  31. The ambition • Simultaneous implementation of all services by thousands of FINKI users proved their scalability • The ambition: to successfully extend services from Faculty to University and in perspective from University to national level 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  32. Cloud computing in education • Few years ago, cloud computing in education was “ante portas” • Nowadays, many cloud services have already become an ordinary solution • FINKI uses many software solutions and various platforms as a service 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  33. Is the perspective so pink? • It can be • Prerequisite: standardization • To speed up important activities and functions, human beings standardise them • We live in standard rooms, houses and cities, we transport using standard vehicles: cars, trains, boats or planes • But, we still learn in traditional classrooms with chalks and blackboards 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  34. Inspiration for the paper • The intention to improve the learning process in line with new trends • It is not exactly Peter’s experience, but rather the teachers’ challenge to prove that education can enormously benefit from new technologies • The examples of recent modifications done at our Faculty are a significant contribution to education reconstruction and innovation • Students’ favourable feedback encourages us to go further 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  35. Conclusion • Emerging technologies and plentiful opportunities that they trigger don’t let us standardize learning and education • Possibility to learn always, everywhere and by everyone makes standardization of the learning process easier said than done • We should try to make it possible 13th Workshop “Software Engineering and Reverse Engineering” Bansko, 26 - 31 August 2013

  36. Thank you for your attention   

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