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CHEF, inter alia MITC March 1, 2003

CHEF is a framework for building the next generation of course management and research support systems. It enables collaboration, flexible resource sharing, and deepening engagement for students, faculty, and research teams. With CHEF, users can manage assignments, quizzes, discussions, data access, and more, all in one integrated platform. It also leverages cloud services and grid computing to provide access to globally distributed computing resources.

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CHEF, inter alia MITC March 1, 2003

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  1. CHEF, inter aliaMITCMarch 1, 2003 Joseph Hardin University of Michigan

  2. Bit of Background • CourseTools – a first-generation course management system • WorkTools – part of a series of efforts in building systems for support of scientific research teams These two paths have a lot in common, as instances of collaboration support systems, and have led to: • CHEF – A framework for building the next generation of both systems

  3. UM.CourseTools • Built on tests UM-AA, Dearborn, Ford/UAW • Released Fall, 1999 - over 6,000 users • Growth exceeds expectations – 11,000 in Winter 2000 • Then over 16,000 users – Fall, 2000 • Currently, over 30,000 users – Winter 2002 • Rapid adoption continuing, and deepening

  4. UM.CT – Current Sites

  5. UM.CT Custom course page presented to each student

  6. UM.CT Current System

  7. UM.CT Course Schedule Link items to a description, assignment, or resource like lecture notes.

  8. UM.CT Course Schedule User-configured choices for Course Schedule presentation

  9. UM.CT Discussions Used for assignments Use discussion topics to present assignments when you want students to view each other’s work. Work originally submitted as an assignment can later be uploaded to the Discussions area for general review.

  10. UM.CT Using CourseTools doesn’t mean giving up current web presence. CourseTools is designed to maximize flexibility while maintaining continuity within University divisions. Here, each Resource links to a web page outside of CourseTools, creating a portable bookmark page.

  11. UM.CT Resources And Discussions A resource document can be attached to a discussion topic to Stimulate responses. While new CourseTools users often limit resources to text files and links… …more advanced user often include a variety of visual and audio files to support and enhance student learning.

  12. UM.CT Resources Only a Browser Needed

  13. UM.CT Help for Remote Users Students working off campus often run into difficulty because their browser or dial-in service is not correctly configured.

  14. UM.CT Business School Effort - Results Over 80% of UM Business Courses online after first year

  15. Support for Work Groups UM.Worktools Scientific Research Groups Science Review Teams Technology Design Teams Currently over 5500 users worktools.si.umich.edu

  16. Great Lakes Regional CFAR

  17. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

  18. Adoption of CT/WT Over 5500 Over 35,000 WT Users – Accelerating CT Users - Saturating We see these as foundation efforts in understanding and building “Knowledge Work Support Systems” for UMich faculty, students and staff, and remote collaborators. CT Use - Deepening

  19. So, CHEF as Next Step(s) http://chefproject.org

  20. Shared CoreFeatures: Logon File upload Announcements Discussion Chat Schedule Mail archive … CourseTools: Assignments Quizzes … Worktools: ToDo list Data Access … Gradebook CAPA Quizzes Teleobservation – NEES Informatics/MetaData - CMCS DissertationTool OKI APIs CHEF Technology Leveraging Education/Research Complementarities

  21. Coursetools.NextGeneration

  22. User Configurable

  23. MyWorkspace area in CHEF Synopses of an individual’s online activities - Classes and Research Provides collaboration tools for students, users Home for many types of E-Portfolios

  24. Grid CoG XML CoG XML CHEF node CHEF node CHEF and the Grid – Access to Globally Distributed Computing Resources Moving to GRID services model (OGSA) as it develops. And it did last Wednesday…

  25. …plus CHEF framework (groups, awareness, etc.)… Net-Based Services (Grid) OKI/API’s Portlet-Based Educational Apps So, we have a team portal … … plus OKIAPIs to services… CHEF … with CHEF/Jetspeedportlets/teamlets for education and collaboration… Jetspeed Velocity Turbine Tomcat … Connected to GRID network services … To support learning and research in emerging, evolving environments Apache

  26. IU GridFTP Client in CHEF

  27. IU MyProxy Portlet In CHEF

  28. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

  29. Home

  30. Resources

  31. Testbed Status

  32. ANL’s E-Notebook in CHEF

  33. DOE CMCS Project • Funded under DOE Collaboration Software grants • Collaboratory for Multiscale Chemistry Simulation • Jim Myers et al at PNNL, LANL, etc • Participated in Workshop • Shown at SC

  34. CMCS Explorer is a data management tool for accessing data across DAV resources. The default address in CMCS Explorer for My Workspace is the path to your personal data folder. In a team workspace, the default address points to the team’s data folder. CMCS Explorer shows tree and file views, can spawn viewers and tools for specific files, and has search, notification and pedigree capabilities.

  35. Calendar in My Workspace is only visible to you. In a team workspace, Calendar is visible to the whole team. Documents can be attached to scheduled activities.

  36. Team Management allows you to create a team and add members. Members will see a tab for the new team on their portal pages after the team is created. Create new group

  37. New team created Members added

  38. Chat allows for real time, persistent message exchange among team members. Users Present lists other team members present in the team workspace.

  39. First Developer’s Workshop Over 20 attendees • DoEnergy/CMCS • NSF/NEESGrid • ArgonneNL/GRID • Indiana University • University of Minnesotta • UMichigan Med School, ITCS, … Second Workshop in planning

  40. First CHEF Developers’ Workshop

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