This poster was presented at the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) 2014. It won the best poster award. The poster the FORGE project and its early prototype courses. Forging Online Education through FIRE (FORGE) is a project bringing the FIRE and eLearning worlds together. FORGE aligns FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) with the ongoing education revolution.

1. Forging Online Education through FIRE
Future Internet Research and Experimentation – FIRE
FORGE- Forging Online Education through FIRE
www.ict-forge.eu
PROJECT DATA
- Start Date: 01/10/2013; Duration: 36M
- EU Funding: 1,7M€
CONSORTIUM
- The Open University (UK) (Coordinator), University
of Patras (Greece), iMinds (Belgium), GRNET
(Greece), University Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris
(France), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), NICTA
(Australia)
Contact:
John Domingue (The Open University)
info@ict-forge.eu
Project
Overview
Forging
Online
Educa0on
through
FIRE
(FORGE)
is
a
project
bringing
the
FIRE
and
eLearning
worlds
together.
In
par0cular,
FORGE
will
align
FIRE
(Future
Internet
Research
and
Experimenta0on)
with
the
ongoing
educa0on
revolu0on
as
found
for
example
in
MOOCs.
FORGE
will
specify
development
methodologies
and
best
prac0ces
for
offering
FIRE
experimenta0on
facili0es
to
learners
and
to
the
learning
community
in
general.
FORGE
relates
to
communica0ons
and
IT,
as
well
as
to
other
disciplines
including
the
physical
and
social
sciences.
The
project
will
lead
to
a
strong
connec0on
between
the
learning
community
and
exis0ng
FIRE
plaIorms
and
suppor0ng
tools.
Resul1ng
widgets
+
iBook
FORGEBox
Lab
Course
resources
BuKon
BuKon
txt
txt
Lab
Course
descrip0ons
LC
designer
Import
LCs
FORGEBox
control
panel
FORGE
repository
LCs
Widgets
FIRE
Adapta0ons
Administer
Widgets
layer
FIRE
Adapta0ons
layer
Widget
Widget
Widget
Adapter
Adapter
Adapter
Import
widgets
Import
Adapters
Get
LC
descrip0on
Get
widget
Content
(HTML5/
JSON)
FIRE
Testbed
Interac0ve
Content
(JSON/
XML)
FORGEBox
managing
services
FRCP/SFA/SSH
Lab
course
design
process