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Digital Inclusion: Extending I2, ADEC and NSF. www.adec.edu. AISEP Project. 3 year, $4 million Collaboration: ADEC, I2, ITEC/OARnet, Tachyon, CAIDA, Small and Minority Serving Institutions, Rural/Remote Learners. Project Goals.
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Digital Inclusion:Extending I2, ADEC and NSF www.adec.edu
AISEP Project • 3 year, $4 million • Collaboration: • ADEC, I2, ITEC/OARnet, Tachyon, CAIDA, Small and Minority Serving Institutions, Rural/Remote Learners
Project Goals • Explore/evaluate satellite technology to deliver Internet to underserved • Develop and validate applications
Tachyon.net Like H.323 - Multicast
Research Objectives • Requirements for satellite-based IP Network • QOS Issues per Last Mile • Network Performance Issues • Teaching/Learning Applications • Business Model
Importance of Applications • Learning Modules • Simulations • Use of Audio/Video • Synchronous/Asynchronous • Virtual Reality/Immersion • Personalization/Memory/Language
Blurring • Research and education • On Campus and Off Campus • Local and Global • Participatory Research • Sending Out-Bringing In
The Learning Society • Lifelong • Networks • Inclusive • Communities of interest/place
Teaching and Learning Models • Four generations of distance learning • Constructivism in on-line environments • New research models, beyond comparative studies • Media attribute theory informing new research in DL
Bandwidth One-way - Two-way Realism Interactivity Feedback Concreteness/Abstraction Complex/Simple Overt/Covert Response Active Engagement Adaptation to Learners Attribute Analysis (Smith & Dillion 1999) Potential - Instruction Delivery Features Attribute
Synchronous- Asynchronous Interface Immediate interaction Branching Attribute Analysis (Smith & Dillion 1999) Delivery Features Potential - Instruction Attribute Pacing Responsiveness Learner Control Navigation
HBCU Manager • Will help identify the role of new technological developments • Help to further develop the research and other developmental agendas • Help explore potential application sources
Factors • Socio-cultural • Language • Remoteness • Health • Workforce Concerns
Partnerships • Network Expanded • Later: Inclusion of Alaskan Native Villages and First Nations Peoples in Canada • American Indian Professional & Educational Organizations