Internet2 and MAGPI Changing Teaching

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Internet2 and MAGPI - Changing Teaching
Learning in the 21st Century

• Jennifer Oxenford
• Associate Director, MAGPI
• University of Pennsylvania, NERCPAL Conference
• March 3, 2007

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What is Internet2?

• The Research and Education Network for the United
  States of America
• Led by 208 research universities
• Close collaborations with government NIH, NSF,
  NLM, NASA, to name only a few
• An organization that serves academic and
  technology needs at all levels of education
• A venue that brings together scientists and
  educators from all over the world

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Internet2 Universities208 University Members
(October 2006)
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Internet2 Gateway to the National and
International Educational Community

• Collaboration
• Videoconferencing
• Distributed learning
• Digital libraries
• Remote instrumentation
• Tele-immersion
• Virtual reality
• On-demand video
• Remote mentoring/auditioning
• Rehearsal and performance

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Advanced Research and Education Networks Worldwide
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87 Networks reachable via Internet2
Europe-Middle East
Asia-Pacific
Americas
Europe (GEANT2) Austria (ACOnet) Belgium
(BELNET) Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIHARNET) Croatia
(CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus
(CYNET) Denmark (Forskningsnettet) Estonia
(EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Germany
(G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary
(HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland
(HEAnet) Israel (IUCC) Italy (GARR) Jordan
(JUNET) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania (LITNET)
Latin America (redCLARA) Argentina
(RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada (CAnet) Chile
(REUNA) Colombia (RENATA) Costa Rica
(CR2Net) Guatemala (RAGIE) Mexico
(Red-CUDI) Nicaragua (RENIA) Panama (RedCyT) Peru
(RAAP) Uruguay (RAU2) Venezuela (REACCIUN2)
Luxembourg (RESTENA) Malta (Univ.
Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway
(UNINETT) Palestinian Territories
(Govt Computing Center) Poland
(PIONIER) Portugal (RCTS2) Qatar (Qatar
FN) Romania (RoEduNet)Russia (RBnet,
RUNNET) Slovakia (SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain
(RedIRIS) Sweden (SUNET) Switzerland
(SWITCH) Syria (HIAST) United Kingdom
(JANET) Turkey (ULAKBYM) CERN
Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET,
CSTNET,NSFCNET) Fiji (USP-SUVA) Hong Kong
(HARNET) India (ERNET) Indonesia (ITB) Japan
(SINET, WIDE, JGN2) Korea (KOREN,
KREONET2) Malaysia (MYREN) New Zealand
(KAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Singapore
(SingAREN) Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet) Thailand
(UNINET, ThaiSARN) Vietnam (VINAREN)
Central Asia
Africa
Armenia (ARENA) Georgia (GRENA) Kazakhstan
(KAZRENA) Tajikistan (TARENA) Uzbekistan (UZSCI)
Algeria (CERIST) Egypt (EUN/ENSTINET) Morocco
(CNRST) Tunisia (RFR) South Africa (TENET)
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Internet2 Activity with Africa

• NSF Identifying U.S-African Collaborations and
  Projects that Would Benefit from Expanded
  Bandwidth to Africa
• Internet2 Workshop on Connectivity within Africa
• Internet2 Commons Video-conference Training to
  Africa
• Interenet2 Africa Interest List

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MAGPI Overview

• Mid Atlantic GigaPoP in Philadelphia for
  Internet2
• 1 of 2 GigaPoPs in the Commonwealth of
  Pennsylvania
• Currently run out of the University of
  Pennsylvania
• Serving PA, NJ and DE

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Current Members

• Arcadia University
• Capital Area IU
• Carbon Lehigh IU
• Chester County IU
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Center for Advancing Partnerships in Education
  (CAPE)
• Delaware County IU
• DeSales University
• Fox Chase Cancer Center
• The Franklin Institute
• Johnson Johnson Pharmaceuticals
• Lafayette College
• Lehigh Carbon Community College
• Lehigh University
• Lehigh Valley Hospital

• Mont. Co. Intermediate Unit
• Mont. Co. Community College
• National Constitution Center NJEDge.Net State
  RE Network for N.J.
• Philadelphia School District
• Princeton University
• CERMUSA / St. Francis University
• Temple University
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital
• Tuscarora IU
• University of Delaware
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Scranton
• Villanova University
• Widener University

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Upcoming/Prospective Members

• Community College of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• University of the Arts
• University of the Sciences
• Academy of Natural Sciences
• WHYY

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K20 Status and Growth
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Changing Teaching and Learning in the 21st
Century Classroom

• What Internet2 Offers
• Real Time Collaboration
• Immediate Access to Expertise and/or Audiences
• Geographical Distribution
• High Quality, Real-Time Audio and Video
  Interaction gt Engagement

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Chester County K12 World Tour Language from
Native Speakers

• Shared Language and Culture Exchanges
• Spanish, French, Chinese
• High speed videoconferencing with no per minute
  line charges (as with ISDN)

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International Virtual Panel No Longer a Once
in a Lifetime Event
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The French Project

• Joint program between Penns Lauder Institute and
  Universite Grenoble
• 3 student videoconferences and 1 faculty
  videoconference
• 768 kbps using Internet2 and Renater
• Synchronous and Asynchronous Communications

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Preparing Students for the Global Economy Why
Teach Business in Foreign Language Classes?
Penn CIBER Outreach

• Date Tuesday, May 2, 2006
• Time 330 - 430 p.m. EDT
• Target Audience Secondary School Foreign
  Language Educators Post-Secondary Foreign
  Language Educators School and District
  Administrators

http//www.magpi.net/CIBER.html
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Teaching Learning About Africa

• Professional Development program offered by the
  Africa Studies Center at Penn in partnership with
  MAGPI
• Dr. Ali B. Ali Dinar presented on the Cultural
  and Social diversity in Africa
• 90 minute, live interactive session
• Targeted for secondary school social instructors
  appropriate for social studies, world cultures,
  foreign language and geography classes
• http//www.magpi.net/africastudies.html

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Language Culture Exchange

• Designed by U Penn students at the Graduate
  School of Education or students currently
  enrolled in the university's English Language
  Program
• 45 minute, live interactive sessions
• Scaled for grade levels and appropriate for
  social studies, world cultures, foreign language
  and geography classes
• Programs included French West Africa, Japanese
  Pop Culture Exchange, Chinese New Year,
• http//www.magpi.net/exchange.html

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China Mini Forums

• Arts Philadelphia Classical Symphony and the
  Music From China ensemble joined this
  videoconference, which included a student
  question and answer session following the
  performance entitled "China and the Allure of the
  Orient"
• Business Dept. of Commerce Guest Speaker from
  Minnesota
• History, Language Culture Margaret Wong

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Leni-Basso/Group Motion Dance Performance

• Used DVTS
• Keio University in Tokyo and Montgomery County
  Community College, Blue Bell, PA
• Live rehearsal and critique of Rondo

www.magpi.net/Sept16.html
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Medical Spanish Consortium

• Partners University of Scranton, St. Francis
  University, PENN SoM, Univ. Puerto Rico, CUDI
• Real time remote patient consults / simulations
  in native language

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Pasteur Institute Event
The Institut Pasteur and Its Global Public Health
NetworkA Response to the Threat of an Avian
Influenza Outbreak in Humans

• Lafayette University, Columbia University,
  Wheaton College, UPENN
• Institut Pasteur, Paris
• Multisite Video Conference over Internet2 and
  Renater
• Streamed Live for non-interactive sites

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National / Int. Virtual Events

• Megaconference
• In Megaconference VII there were 432
  registrants (estimated total of of 1500 people)
  from 40 countries, 6 continents, 42 states of the
  USA.
• Keystone Conference
• 1,400 people from five countries and 35 U.S.
  states attended the inaugural Keystone Conference
  via 112 remote site connections.

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Megaconference Jr.
http//www.megaconferencejr.org
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May 6, 2004

• 7 countries and 29 states participated
• China, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Canada,
  Singapore, and the United States
• Virginia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
  Maine, Minnesota, Rhode Island, North Carolina,
  New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Florida,
  Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, New York, Wisconsin,
  Missouri, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington,
  Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, North Dakota, Georgia,
  Illinois, Alaska
• Over 3, 000 viewers

I learned more in that one day about cultural
similarities and differences, international
music, videoconferencing production, teamwork and
the potential of Internet2 than I ever imagined.
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Megaconference Jr. 2004
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http//www.cermusa.francis.edu/holidaycon/
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Research Channel
Goal to use program content creation and
manipulation processes as testing medium for
analog and digital broadcast and on-demand
multimedia offerings, thus providing an unusual
opportunity to experiment with new methods of
distribution and interaction on a global basis.
http//www.researchchannel.org/
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The Internet2 Commons
Mission Accelerating adoption of collaboration
technologies Member-driven services Scalable and
sustainable
H.323 Multipoint Videoconferencing Face-to-face
communication over IP Standards-based, endpoint
interoperability Features onscreen display
options, streaming, firewall traversal, 24/7 help
desk,
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ARENA Atlashttp//arena.internet2.edu/
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Students are different now
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• But its got to start with you!

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More Information

• http//www.magpi.net
• http//www.internet2.edu
• http//international.internet2.edu/index.cfm
• http//k20.internet2.edu
• http//arena.internet2.edu/
• http//www.researchchannel.com/
• http//commons.internet2.edu/
• http//www.keystoneconference.org/
• http//www.megaconferencejr.org/
• http//www.megaconference.org/

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QA - Thank you!

• Contact Info
• Jennifer Oxenford
• jmacdoug_at_magpi.net
• 215-898-0341

www.magpi.net