Forging Online Education through FIRE

Future Internet Research and Experimentation – FIRE FORGE- Forging Online Education through FIRE

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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