Derek Wenmoth Director, eLearning Core Education Ltd derek@core-ed

1. Advanced Networks A teacher perspective Derek Wenmoth Director, eLearning Core Education Ltd derek@core-ed.net

2. A beginner’s guide… • Understanding Local Fibre Loops • KAREN • NEN • VC options • Networking options • What’s the advantage to schools?

3. Acronym Bingo SNUP Gbs PROBE UFN GFL Mbs KAREN ADSL PoP Kbs NEN SoA

4. Challenges and concerns • We can’t keep good staff - especially in the subjects we need • Our students expect more than we can provide • There’s too much to cover, how can we be experts in it all? • How can we keep up with technology? • I’m required to do so much assessment - my workload is too high! • It costs too much to keep senior kids in rural schools! • I’d love to stay in my local school, but they don’t have the subjects I want to study • I wish there were enough other kids doing the same things as me for me to work with • They’re so behind with technology - I’ve got better stuff at home! Besides, we can never get access to it at school • I wish I could get recognition for the things I am doing at home and in other places - it’s all learning!

5. The world scene

6. What is an advanced network? • An Advanced Network is a very high speed communications network of regional “meet me” points (referred to as GigaPoPs) that are in turn linked to international networks. • They typically use optical fibre infrastructure as opposed to copper wire telephone network systems such as those used by ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line). • Advanced Networks are also know as Next Generation Internet (NGI) networks and, in the USA, as Internet2.

7. What makes an AN different? • An Advanced Network offers significantly greater access speed: • Dial up connection - around 50kbit/sec (50,000 bits per second) • 'High Speed' internet - typically 2.5Mbit/sec (2.5 million bits per second) • Advanced Network - from 1Gigabit/sec (1000 million bits per second) forecast to rise to around 40Gbit/sec within the next few years.

8. How is this like PROBE? • The advanced network is a separate project to probe. • However, it does follow the government objective of bringing the benefits of improved connectivity. PROBE is doing just this for around 2700 schools and communities, particularly rural ones through the provision of high speed Internet access (initially a minimum of 512kbit/sec with scope for expansion for secondary schools to 4Mbps) to many schools. It is anticipated that users of both PROBE and the advanced network could be linked together in the future.

9. http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/cmpd/access.htm The World Scene

10. Knowsley http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/families/education-and-schools/future-schooling-in-knowsley.aspx

11. London Grid for Learning http://map.lgfl.org.uk/gol/Map.aspx

12. KAREN

13. What is a NEN? A collaborative learning infrastructure Facilitated by fibre optic connectivity Dedicated to providing innovative education Investing in the inherent creativity of students and their communities Many examples globally – eg. nen.gov.uk

14. NEN Trial Extension SCOPE: trial extension until June 2011 up to 200 schools nationwide on fibre by June 2010 REANNZ to operate NEN under contract to Ministry of Education OBJECTIVES: scale up from original technical trial with 23 schools inform policy development for expanding NEN to all schools (2000+) understand impacts on teaching & learning as well as school administration practices 14

15. The NEN includes..... Technical Support and Network Wrangling Demand Aggregation and Expert Procurement Learning Support and Professional Development KAREN - Fat, Fast and Free from Restrictions 15

16. NEN Content and Services Schools will have ultrafast broadband connectivity to content and services on the existing NEN Trial including Standard/hi def video conferencing e-asTTle Google Apps and Microsoft Live@Edu Specialised education content from the National Library and Te Papa

17. NEN Content and Services Other content and services will be added progressively to the NEN Trial Extension. The following are some types of content and services being considered for connection to the NEN Trial Extension: Learning Management Systems Student Management Systems ePortfolios

18. "The envisaged urban fibre networks will be 'open access' to encourage competitive and innovative services and should provide two-way data transfer rates of at least one Gigabyte a second - about 250 times current maximum broadband ADSL download speeds," What is an UFN?

19. Speed Capacity Speed comparison

20. Layered Architecture Services (eg internet access, Voip, WAN) Connectivity or ‘lit’ Infrastructure (eg routers, switches) Passive Infrastructure (eg fibre optic cable, underground ducts)

21. Trunking layer Providing.. • Access to duct • Access to co-location facilities • Access to aerial infrastructure (eg poles, trolley bus lines etc) • Access to rights of way (eg rail reserve, water reserve etc) Roading network equivalent.. • Right of way • Road reserve • Paper roads • Poles and holes

22. Cable layer • Providing.. • Dark fibre leasing • Wavelength leasing • Fibre termination to the cabinet in the school building Roading network equivalent.. • Streets • Footpaths • Bridges

23. Data Providing • Data and communication switching • Firewall • Network infrastructure Roading network equivalent.. • Road map • Road signs • Traffic lights

24. Internet Providing… • Internet connectivity • IP addresses • filtering Roading network equivalent.. • Road rules • Road markings • Signage

25. Applications Providing.. • true services to premises (voice services, video, content, communications etc) • Ownership and operation of customer premises equipment Roading network equivalent.. • Cars • Trucks • Taxis • Couriers • etc

26. Return on investment

27. Layered Architecture

28. Cloud computing

29. 8 ways cloud computing may change schools • Reduced and/or simplified expenditure on software licensing • Decreased reliance on school-based ICT staff • Enabling greater ubiquity of access for students and staff • Reduce/eliminate problems associated with software version control and updates • Ease of leveraging benefits of shared management systems (LMS, SMS etc) • Allows for greater experimentation, choice and agility in terms of applications used. • Reduce barriers to participation, contribution, sharing • Infinitely expand resource sharing opportunities http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/2009/06/8-ways-cloud-computing-may-change-schools.html

30. What is grid computing Grid differs from the Internet as it is much more than a means of communication between computers. Contrarily, today's Internet and Web technologies address basic communication requirements, but not the computational tasks. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/amac/computing/msc/intro.htm

31. With a neighbour… • Three new ideas from today so far • A question you’re still asking, or need to ask • An action you’re planning on taking

32. NZ Schools “SuperLoop”

33. Pressure Points for Schools • Management systems • Technical support • Education outcomes • Infrastructure issues • Funding • Leadership

34. Internet KAREN School A School A School A University AggregationPoint Services Public Library A School’s “Loop” School School School

35. National Education Network

37. Christchurch Loop

38. new LMS extra Library system super Student Record System Common Services… Now includes: ✔Content management ✔ Discover ✔ Collaboration ✔ Course management ✔ Authentication ✔ Authorization ✔ Packaging ✔ Assessment All in one: ✔Content management ✔ Discover ✔ Cataloguing ✔ Course management ✔ Authentication ✔ Authorization ✔ Packaging Complete solution: ✔Grading ✔ Audit ✔ Report ✔ Course management ✔ Authentication ✔ Authorization

39. Services Oriented Architecture

40. Services Oriented Architecture

41. Education Services

42. Thank you Derek Wenmoth Director, eLearning CORE Education Ltd derek@core-ed.net http://blog.core-ed.net/derek