Digital Inclusion: Extending I2, ADEC and NSF

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Digital InclusionExtending I2, ADEC and NSF

• www.adec.edu

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AISEP Project

• 3 year, 4 million
• Collaboration
• ADEC, I2, ITEC/OARnet, Tachyon, CAIDA, Small and
  Minority Serving Institutions, Rural/Remote
  Learners

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Project Goals

• Explore/evaluate satellite technology to deliver
  Internet to underserved
• Develop and validate applications

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Tachyon.net
Like H.323 - Multicast
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Research Objectives

• Requirements for satellite-based IP Network
• QOS Issues per Last Mile
• Network Performance Issues
• Teaching/Learning Applications
• Business Model

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Importance of Applications

• Learning Modules
• Simulations
• Use of Audio/Video
• Synchronous/Asynchronous
• Virtual Reality/Immersion
• Personalization/Memory/Language

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Blurring

• Research and education
• On Campus and Off Campus
• Local and Global
• Participatory Research
• Sending Out-Bringing In

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The Learning Society

• Lifelong
• Networks
• Inclusive
• Communities of interest/place

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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

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Attribute Analysis (Smith Dillion 1999)
Potential - Instruction
Delivery Features
Attribute
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Attribute Analysis (Smith Dillion 1999)
Potential - Instruction
Delivery Features
Attribute
Pacing Responsiveness
Learner Control Navigation
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Connectivity Boosts Economic Development
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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

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Factors

• Socio-cultural
• Language
• Remoteness
• Health
• Workforce Concerns

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Partnerships

• Network Expanded
• Later Inclusion of Alaskan Native Villages and
  First Nations Peoples in Canada
• American Indian Professional Educational
  Organizations

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jpoley_at_unl.eduorwww.adec.edu