Slides set presented in the 34th Anniversary week of the IT Mexicali. Mexico.

1. Enhancing
engineering
learning
through
remote
experimenta2on
FP7-­‐ICT-­‐610889
FORGE
project
Dr.
Johann
M.
Marquez-­‐Barja
Research
Fellow
–
Adjunct
Lecturer
Trinity
College
Dublin,
Ireland
marquejm@tcd.ie
/
www.marquez-­‐barja.com
19
octubre
2015
Ins2tuto
Tecnológico
de
Mexicali.
Mexicali,
México

2. Disclaimer
Disclaimer
Jeff Sheldon
Within this set of slides some third party copyrighted material is reused
under the ‘fair use’ approach, for educational purposes only.

3. Consortium members of
the FORGE project
Acknowledgements
Sue Huan

4. Successful
engineering
is
all
about
understanding
how
things
break
or
fail
Henry
Petroski

5. Learning
and
educa2on
• Learning
underpins
human
society
as
an
essen2al
ac2vity
for
societal
advancement
as
well
as
personal
well-­‐being
• 2009
the
European
Union
budget
on
educa2on
was
6.2%
of
the
European
Gross
Domes2c
Product
• Recent
economy
crash
has
forced
a
reduc2on
in
educa2onal
in
several
countries
• Innova2ve
solu2ons
to
provision
cost-­‐effec2ve
high
quality
learning
are
needed
"FORGE: Enhancing elearning and research in ICT through remote experimentation", Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Guillaume Jourjon, Mikroyannidis Alexander, Christos Tranoris,
John Domingue, Luiz A. DaSilva. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON14). pp 1157-1163. April, 2014. Istambul, Turkey . ISBN 978-1-4799-3191-0.

6. Engineering
and
experimenta2on
• To
understand
physics
and
engineering
phenomena,
in
par2cular
wireless
communica2ons
and
its
physical
proper2es,
it
is
of
extremely
importance
to
reinforce
and
to
demonstrate
the
concepts
taught
in
the
lectures
• The
most
effec2ve
way
to
demonstrate
such
physical
proper2es
and
the
impairments
of
wireless
signals
is
through
radio
laboratories
"Virtualizing testbed resources to enable remote experimentation in online telecommunications education", Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Nicholas Kaminski, Francisco
Paisana, Christos Tranoris, Luiz A. DaSilva. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON15). pp 822-829. March, 2015. Tallinn, Estonia . ISBN
978-1-4799-1907-9/15/.

7. Engineering
and
experimenta2on
• Physical
experimentaDon
• Expensive,
in
par2cular
for
low-­‐
budget
ins2tu2ons
• Deploying
and
maintaining
experimental
facili2es
is
costly
• Developing
cuXng
edge
telecommunica2ons
technologies
requires
massive
effort
and
budget
• Learners
constrained
by
loca2on
and
lab
opening
hours
"Assessing the impact of remote hands-on experimentation on engineering students", Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Nicholas Kaminski, Guillaume Jourjon, Jono
Vanhie-Van Gerwen, Daan Pareit,, Luiz A. DaSilva. IEEE Transactions on Education. [In preparation], 2015.
• Online
laboratories
• Online
laboratories
provide
remote
access
to
experiments
allowing
students
to
access
experiments
without
2me
and
loca2on
restric2ons
• FORGE’s
ini2a2ve
towards
empowering
educa2on
by
enabling
hands-­‐on
remote
experimenta2on
• Trinity
College
Dublin
is
focused
on
enhancing
online
telecommunica2ons
engineering
educa2on
by
enabling
hands-­‐on
remote
experimenta2on
over
its
Smart
Reconfigurable
Radio
Testbed
Experimentation is a key component of
engineering education

8. Online
laboratories
• Virtual
labs
• so^ware-­‐based
laboratories
• simula2on
tools
• Remote
labs
• Experimenta2on
on
real
lab
equipment
• Hybrid
labs
• Output
data
from
real
measurements/equipment
• Processed
by
simula2on
tools
Summarized
taxonomy
“Virtual Labs Project: A Paradigm Shift in Internet-Based Remote Experimentation,” R. Bose, IEEE
Access, vol. 1, pp. 718–725, 2013. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access 2013.2286202

9. Educa2onal
paradigms

10. Self
Regulated
Learning
Students learn at their own pace

11. Flipped
Classroom
Paradigm

12. FIRE
Future
Internet
Research
and
Experimenta2on

13. Future
Internet
Research
Experimenta2on
(FIRE)
• FIRE
ini2a2ve
is
a
European
endeavour
that
promotes
the
crea2on
of
wide-­‐scale
federa2ons
of
high-­‐
performance
testbed
and
experimenta2on
facili2es
for
internet
and
network-­‐related
research.
• >40
million
EUR
investment

14. Example
testbed
• Trinity
College
Dublin
–
Smart
Reconfigurable
Radio
Testbed
Smart
Reconfigurable
Radio
Testbed
Example
testbed

15. Example
testbed
• iMinds
w-­‐iLab.t

16. Example
testbed
• iMinds
Virtual
Wall

17. Some
FIRE
facili2es…

18. FORGE
Forging
Online
Educa2on
through
FIRE

19. Forging
Online
Educa2on
through
FIRE
(FORGE)
FORGE
is
a
project
bringing
the
FIRE
and
eLearning
worlds
together.
In
par2cular,
FORGE
will
align
FIRE
(Future
Internet
Research
and
Experimenta2on)
with
the
ongoing
educa2on
revolu2on
as
found
for
example
in
MOOCs
FORGE
will
specify
development
methodologies
and
best
prac2ces
for
offering
FIRE
experimenta2on
facili2es
to
learners
and
to
the
learning
community
in
general
The
project
leads
to
a
strong
connec2on
between
the
learning
community
and
exis2ng
FIRE
plahorms
and
suppor2ng
tools

20. Consor2um

21. FORGE
objec2ves
• FORGE
is
transforming
the
FIRE
facili2es,
already
vital
for
European
research,
into
a
learning
resource
for
higher
educa2on,
enabling
educators
to
easily
create
experiment-­‐based
learning
resources
• From
an
educa2onal
perspec2ve
FORGE
promotes
the
no2on
of
Self-­‐
Regulated
Learning
(a.k.a.
independent
learning
or
auto-­‐didac2c
learning)
• FORGE
allows
educators
to
create,
use
and
re-­‐use
FIRE-­‐based
learning
experiences
through
our
tools
and
techniques
• FORGE
enables
equity
of
access
to
the
latest
ICT
systems
and
tools
independent
of
loca2on
and
at
low
cost.
Experimental
facili2es
are
expensive!!!

22. FORGE
architecture
• Linked
data
•
Delivery
and
naviga2on
of
learning
materials
• Widget
store
• Storing,
sharing
interac2ve
widgets
for
experimenta2on
• Interfacing
FIRE
faciliDes
• Booking,
using,
configuring
the
FIRE
testbeds
to
perform
the
experiments

23. Lab
course
design
process
FORGEBox
Lab Course
resources
Button
Button
txt
txt
Lab
Course
descrip2ons
LC
designer
Import
LCs
FORGEBox
control panel
FORGE repository
LCs
Widgets
FIRE
Adapta2ons
Administer
Widgets layer
FIRE Adaptations layer
Widget
Widget
Widget
Adapter
Adapter
Adapter
Import
widgets
Import
Adapters
Get
LC
descrip2on
Get
widget
Content
(HTML5/
JSON)
FIRE
Testbed
Interac2ve
Content
(JSON/
XML)
FORGEBox
managing services
FRCP/SFA/SSH
"FORGE Toolkit: Leveraging Distributed Systems in eLearning Platforms", Guillaume
Jourjon, Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Thierry Rakotoarivelo, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Kostas
Lampropoulos, Spyros Denazis, Christos Tranoris, Daan Pareit, John Domingue, Luiz A.
DaSilva, Max Ott. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing. [Under revision], 2015.

24. • Cross-­‐plahorm:
virtually
any
plahorm
• Modern
web
browser
• FORGEBox
• Any
LMS
suppor2ng
iframes
• Apple
iBook
• EPUB3
Resul2ng
web
widgets
+
iBook

25. Evalua2ng
the
impact
on
Students
• Qualita2ve
• Surveys
• Ques2onnaires
• Cuan2ta2ve
• Learning
analy2cs
FORGE
Methodology
"Deploying Learning Analytics for Online Scientific Experimentation", Alexander Mikroyannidis, Aitor Gomez-Goiri, John Domingue, Christos Tranoris, Daan Pareit, Jono
Vanhie-Van Gerwen, Johann M. Marquez-Barja. 5th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning (ARTEL 2015), satellite workshop of the 10th
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning. pp 105-112. September, 2015. Toledo, Spain
"A methodology for the design, delivery and evaluation of learning resources for remote experimentation", Alexander Mikroyannidis, Aitor Gomez-Goiri, John Domingue, Christos
Tranoris, Johann M. Marquez-Barja. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON16). [In preparation], 2015. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates .
"Assessing the impact of remote hands-on experimentation on engineering students", Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Nicholas Kaminski, Guillaume Jourjon, Jono
Vanhie-Van Gerwen, Daan Pareit,, Luiz A. DaSilva. IEEE Transactions on Education. [In preparation], 2015.

26. FORGE
Networking
Courses

27. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook
• FORGE
has
released
a
version
of
an
interac2ve
electronic
book
for
the
iPad
and
MacOS.
The
book
contains
a
number
of
networking
courses
produced
by
FORGE
that
use
FIRE
facili2es
for
introducing
basic
networking
concepts
to
the
reader/learner.
The
materials
provided
in
this
book
include
course
text
and
interac2ve
mul2media,
real
equipment
labs,
remote
access
testbeds,
as
well
as
different
types
of
learning
ac2vi2es.
• (Live
Demo
of
the
iBook
at
IT
Mexicali,
if
connec2vity
at
the
venue
is
available)

28. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook

29. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook

30. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook

31. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook

32. FORGE
Networking
courses
iBook

33. Coexistence
of
small
cells
in
radar
bands
Remote
lab-­‐based
course
www.ict-forge.eu
www.fed4fire.eu
www.ict-fire.eu
www.crew-project.eu
Use
case
@
5C2
–
Master
module
in
Trinity
College
Dublin
"Virtualized Wireless Testbeds", Nicholas J. Kaminski,
Johann M. Marquez-Barja, and Luiz A. DaSilva.IEEE
Transactions.. [In preparation], 2015.
"Virtualizing testbed resources to enable remote experimentation in online
telecommunications education", Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Nicholas
Kaminski, Francisco Paisana, Christos Tranoris, Luiz A. DaSilva. IEEE
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON15). pp 822-829.
March, 2015. Tallinn, Estonia . ISBN 978-1-4799-1907-9/15/.

34. Coexistence
of
small
cells
in
radar
bands
Remote
lab-­‐based
course

35. FORGE
courses
and
materials
used
by…
“Mobile
&
Broadband
Access
Networks”
Ghent
University,
Belgium
“Wireless
Networks
&
Communica2on
Systems”
Trinity
College,
Ireland
“TCP
conges2on
control
lab
course”
University
of
Patras,
Greece
Architecture
des
Réseaux
/
Computer
Network
UPMC,
France

36. FORGE
courses
and
materials
used
by…
“OFDM
wireless
signals”
Federal
University
of
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil
“Dynamic
Spectrum
Access”
and
“Local
Area
Networks”
InsLtuto
Tecnologico
de
Mexicali,
Mexico
“Local
Area
Networks”
and
“ODFM
Wireless
Course”
Universidade
de
Brasil,
Brazil
“Networks
&
Security”
Universitat
Politècnica
de
València,
Spain

37. Open
Call
Join
the
FORGE
community

38. Opening
the
FORGE
plahorm
+
any
combinaLon
of
the
above!
Educator/
Learner
• Deploy
an
exis2ng
FORGE
course
(as-­‐is)
• Transform
a
tradi2onal
course
into
an
experiment-­‐driven
one
• Design
a
new
FORGE
lab
course
• Extend
an
exis2ng
FORGE
course
• Create
interac2ve
educa2onal
material
(eBook)
Developer
• Develop
new
widgets
and/or
FIRE
adapters
Provider
• Offer
a
testbed
for
remote
experimenta2on

39. How
to
apply
• Single
stage
submission,
via
e-­‐mail
• Very
simple
applica2on
form
• Next
cut-­‐off
date:
Tuesday,
10
November
2015
• More
info
&
documenta2on
at:
hvp://ict-­‐forge.eu/opencall
• Contact:
opencall@ict-­‐forge.eu

40. Take
away
message
• FORGE
studies
and
develops
new
processes
to
online
learning
enhanced
by
remote
experimenta2on
on
high-­‐performance
testbed
facili2es
• FORGE
reinforces
and
complements
the
tradi2onal
online
courses
with
interac2ve
online
hands-­‐on
laboratories
• FORGE
enables
equity
of
access
to
the
latest
ICT
systems
and
tools
independent
of
loca2on
and
at
low
cost.
• FORGE
strengths
the
culture
of
online
experimenta2on
tools
and
remote
facili2es.

41. More
informa2on…
www.ict-­‐forge.eu
info@ict-­‐forge.eu
Download
our
Networking
courses
iBook
for
free!
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for
research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 610889

42. Enhancing
engineering
learning
through
remote
experimenta2on
FP7-­‐ICT-­‐610889
FORGE
project
Dr.
Johann
M.
Marquez-­‐Barja
Research
Fellow
–
Adjunct
Lecturer
Trinity
College
Dublin,
Ireland
marquejm@tcd.ie
/
www.marquez-­‐barja.com
19
octubre
2015
Ins2tuto
Tecnológico
de
Mexicali.
Mexicali,
México