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Finding Collaborators Worldwide

Finding Collaborators Worldwide. James Werle, Univ. of Washington, jwerle@u.washington.edu Jennifer Oxenford, MAGPI/UPENN, jmacdoug@isc.upenn.edu Tim Boundy, JANET, Tim.Boundy@ja.net. Defining the Need. 87 advanced networks worldwide, over 50k Internet2 connected institutions in the US alone

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Finding Collaborators Worldwide

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  1. Finding Collaborators Worldwide James Werle, Univ. of Washington, jwerle@u.washington.edu Jennifer Oxenford, MAGPI/UPENN, jmacdoug@isc.upenn.edu Tim Boundy, JANET, Tim.Boundy@ja.net

  2. Defining the Need • 87 advanced networks worldwide, over 50k Internet2 connected institutions in the US alone • YET - few know how to find collaborators • Solution to date => email NREN directors/contacts to find out connectivity status • How to find collaborating partners has been the “Holy Grail” of applications success

  3. K20 MUSE James Werle Jennifer Oxenford

  4. Muse Goals Connect people with similar interests around advanced networking applications Encourage collaboration Facilitate resource sharing and discovery Better introduce new communities to advanced networking community and applications

  5. MyK20 of the Past • Create personal profile • Submit project description • Search for projects and people

  6. MyK20 Limitations • Rapid data obsolescence • People needed to find myK20 • National in scope - no regional customization available • No real-time communication and limited collaboration functionality

  7. Ideology of Muse • User community driven content • Incorporating best of web 2.0 and social networking ideas (flickr, digg, youtube, myspace, delicious, etc.) • Radical trust of users (a la wikipedia) • Wisdom of the crowd • Tagging - user defined folksonomies to describe content

  8. Functionality of Muse • Regional sites sharing and displaying content from same database • Regional sites/users determine what is shared to other regions • Create, manage, share personal profiles and projects • Post news items and events • Search for projects, people

  9. Functionality of Muse (con’t) • Tag and comment content • Create and maintain colleagues or “friends” • Leave messages for friends • Use Google API mash-up to geographically display information • Real time chat with friends (phase II) • “Push” content via RSS feeds, email, etc. • Create/upload/share resources (.ppt, urls, podcasts, bookmarks, whatever!)

  10. Need for regional tools • MAGPI member community wanted regional database • Did not want to compete with national Myk20 • Need for robust interoperability between regional and national tools • Realized potential for other regional communities (states, countries, disciplines, whatever!)

  11. Simplified Muse Architecture Internet2 Server database - mySQL Muse Architecture CMS - drupal National MyK20 MAGPI Regional Your SEGPs regional site Australia Regional …

  12. Technical Support from Internet2 • Website Hosting • Wiki environment (for national development team) • Flexible server support and configuration

  13. Regional site National site

  14. National site

  15. Live Demo - People Go here now to create new user profile/acct. and search for others. National site

  16. Live Demo - Projects Go here now to create, edit, search projects National site

  17. “Get Started” Guides • Discipline-specific introductions to advanced networking teaching and learning applications • 4-year colleges • 2-year colleges • Public libraries • K-12 schools • Museums • Zoos, Aquaria, Science Centers National site

  18. Developing Muse • Distributed team - UW and UPenn • Student programmers = staff turnover • Documentation challenges • Extremely limited funding

  19. What’s Next? • More Bug Testing / Evaluation • Beta-Launch (Late-October) • Marketing the service to other potential user groups • Implement Phase 2 features based on user feedback

  20. How do you get involved? • Create an account and help us beta-test • Adopt Muse as a social utility for your community? • Tell us about your organization’s social networking efforts! • http://k20dev.internet2.edu/drupal

  21. FAQs - Do I have to have my own regional site? • Nope! • Muse Global K20 site is available for everyone

  22. FAQs - Who else are you talking to about this? • CILC • TERENA • education.au • AARNet • JANET

  23. JANET CollaborateTim BoundyProject Manager, JANET Collaborate

  24. Challenges Moving Forward/Panel Discussion • Integration of with similar online community efforts internationally Authentication • Multi-linguality • Data protection/privacy • Identity confidence/verification • Effective marketing to practitioners • Social networking site overload!!

  25. Q&A - Thank You Contact Us: James Werle, Univ. of Washington jwerle@u.washington.edu Jennifer Oxenford, MAGPI/UPENN jmacdoug@isc.upenn.edu Tim Boundy, JANET Tim.Boundy@ja.net

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