Networked Learning in Kentucky

Ling-yuh W. (Miko) Pattie

International Seminar on e-Science for ColombiaSeptember 16-17, 2008

Bogota, Colombia

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International Advanced Networks

International Internet2 Networking Opportunities

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Internet2 Network

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Europe-Middle East 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)

Asia-Pacific AmericasLatin America (redCLARA)Argentina (RETINA)Brazil (RNP2/ANSP)Canada (CA*net)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 (Gov’t 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)

87 Networks reachable via Internet2

Algeria (CERIST)Egypt (EUN/ENSTINET)Morocco (CNRST)Tunisia (RFR)South Africa (TENET)

Central Asia Africa Armenia (ARENA)

Georgia (GRENA)Kazakhstan (KAZRENA)Tajikistan (TARENA)Uzbekistan (UZSCI)

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Internet2 K20 Initiative

• Connect and engage K12, museums, libraries, science and cultural centers, aquariums, community colleges, universities, etc.

• Increase opportunities for joint funding, collaborations, student recruitment, enhanced teaching & learning, incubating global citizens

real-time e-science, real-time discovery

NEPTUNE - Undersea ObservatoryNEPTUNE - Undersea Observatory

Mauna Kea Observatories

Remote Instrumentation

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Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age

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Case Western Reserve andCleveland Institute of Music:

The Bing Theater, University of Southern California

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Why Kentucky Story?

• Horse Capital of the World– 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington– Kentucky Derby – 1st Saturday in May – Mint

Julep

• Bourbon – Kentucky Whiskey; 51% Grain• Tobacco - Burley• Kentucky Fried Chicken - Colonel Sanders• My Old Kentucky Home – Stephen Foster• Bluegrass – Grass & Music

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Kentucky’s Score Card

• Total Population – 4,241,474 (26th) (2007) • Median Household Income - $39,372 (45th) (2006)• Per Capita Income - $29,352 (46th) (2006)• People over 25 with High School – 79.6% (48th)

(2006)• People over 25 with Bachelor’s – 20% (48th) (2006)• People over 25 with Advanced Degrees – 8.2%

(35th) (2006)• Workforce in Science & Engineering - >2.5% (4th

Quartile) (2003)

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Kentucky’s Score Card

• 1st State to Have All 3 Virtual Learning Entities - KY Virtual Campus, KY Virtual Library, KY Virtual Schools (January 2000)

• 1st State to Have a Broadband Initiative for Making It Available 95% Statewide (December 2007)

• One of the 40 States to Have an Official P16 Council to Coordinate Pre-School to College Educational Policies

• The Only State to Have a Statewide P20 Education Network Resulted from a Joint Budget Request

• 34th State to Have Internet2 Access for All K12 Schools, Universities, and Colleges (2005) through Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGP)

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KyRON (http://kyron.ky.gov)KY Regional Optical Network

• Louisville is One of Only 25 Internet2 Network Optical Switching Nodes.

• 10 Gbps (1 Gbps in Use) Link Operational April 2007

• Lexington (U of KY) and Louisville Optical Link at 10 Gbps Operational July 2008

• Other Universities, Colleges, and K12 Schools Will Have Optical Links As Budget Is Made Available.

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MAGPI and Kentucky• A 3-year Collaboration That Includes:

– P20 Application Development– Content and Programs– Grant writing – Professional Development– Social Networking and K12/Higher Education

Collaborations

• Developing KY Content for Internet2 Community:– 2010 World Equestrian Games

– Southern Skies– BIG BLUE

• Building Learning Communities Together

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What is MAGPI?

MAGPI is a regional aggregation point for Internet2 that serves the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey research and education communities.

Programming Snapshot (Since July 1, 2006):

• Organized 80+ programs for P20 Members.

• 200+ Schools have participated in programs.

• More than 12,000 participants have been involved in programs.

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• Multimedia Journey Through Human Body

• Teaches About the Immune System, HIV and AIDS

• Interactive Q&A Session• Targets Students in

Grades 9-12; Community Colleges

• Ongoing MAGPI Offering

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Unique Approaches to Interactive Content

for K20: Professional Development for Teachers

The Franklin Institute Resources for Science Learningwww.fi.edu/learn - since 1994

• October 19, 2007 videoconference event

• Co-Sponsored by NASA, NOAA, MAGPI, Internet2, AGI, ASTC

• Middle and high school students in the US and Europe had the opportunity to interact live with polar researchers in interactive videoconference

• Global viewing audience of live webstream, ability to ask questions via email

The Science of International Polar Year

The Science of International Polar Year

• Live multipoint video-conference on sea ice

• Connected live with researchers in UC Boulder, UA Fairbanks, Germany, AND two researchers on research ships at the opposite ends of the world

• Student engagement with real scientists around real science

International Polar Year Data Stories: Sea Ice

International Polar Year Data Stories: Sea Ice

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Why Faculty Participate in Advanced Networking?

• Access to Expertise or Resources Not Available Locally: Quality & real-time audio and video can immerse students in another place, culture and/or context at minimum or no cost.

• Collaborating with Counterparts: Connected partners across the world for research (esp. in moving large data sets) & education

• Universities’ Overseas Campuses: Connected to main campus faculty & resources

• Multiple Learning Modalities: Learning through experiences

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University of Kentucky

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Challenges of Mars Aircraft

• Issue #1: Mars aircraft require that wings be stowed in the fuselage during interplanetary transport– Rigid wing is the obvious design choice, but requires wing

folding mechanisms and folded span is limited by structure

• One Possible Solution– Inflatable wings that can be

stored in fuselage and inflated

to full span when needed

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Challenges of Mars Aircraft

• Issue #2: Due to the thin atmosphere of Mars, the wings will operate in a unique environment– Possibly high subsonic Mach– Low temperature– Low Re

• How to test designs?–Analog environments

• NASA Ames wind tunnel• High-altitude balloon

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BIG BLUE I• Over 40 students participated• Visits to NASA Langley, Wallops Island

and ILC Dover• High-altitude flight test: May 3, 2003• Wind-tunnel tests demonstrated less

flow separation for inflatable-wing section, Fall 2002

• First-ever demonstration of inflatable/rigidizable wing technology with high-altitude deployment and cure (Space News, May 19, 2003)

• First-ever flight of inflatable/rigidizable wings, October 15, 2003

58,000 ft 63,000 ft 86,000 ft 89,000 ft 17,000 ft

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BIG BLUE II• Over 60 students participated• Visits to NASA Ames and ILC

Dover; flight testing at Kitty Hawk, NC

• Documentary video filming by Asbury College students

• High-altitude flight test: May 1, 2004

• Tactical to Practical, History Channel, Nov. 2004

• Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance, exhibit at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC, April-Oct 2005

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BIG BLUE III• High-altitude flight test: April

30, 2005• Over 60 students participated• Visits to Aurora Flight

Sciences (WV), Griffon Aerospace (AL) and ILC Dover

• Documentary video filming• Invited exhibit at AUVSI

Conference• AUVSI Student UAV

Competition: July 2, 2005 (placed 6th of 13 teams, $750)

• AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Unmanned Systems Video Competition Sept 2005

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BIG BLUE IV • Over 40 students participated• Visits to NASA Ames (CA) and UAV

industry/DOD organizations (AL) • Inflatable-wing technology in NASA

Review of Robotic Technologies for Planetary Exploration, August 2005

• First Flight: Inflatable-Wing AIRCAT, May 31, 2006; continued flight testing, June/July 2006

• AUVSI Student UAV Competition: June 14 – 18, 2006 (placed 5th of 18 teams, safety award)

• Documentary video filming• PBS KET1: Kentucky Life, June 10,

2006 at 8 pm and repeat June 11 at 4:30 pm

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BIG BLUE V • Over 35 students at UK and over

10 students at OSU participating• Learn-to-Fly Workshop, August

2006• CDR at ILC Dover, December 1,

2006• Documentary video filming• First Flight of inflatable-wing

aircraft with new urethane inflatable wings, March 8, 2007

• High-altitude mission, March 17, 2007

• First autopilot flight of inflatable-wing aircraft, July 3, 2007

• Research Channel Documentary: Premiere March 27, 2007

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BIG BLUE I2 Event

• Objectives: To demonstrate I2 for K12 classroom & university interaction using BIG BLUE Mars Airplane project

• Focus activity: Participating students worked with Dr. Suzanne Smith, (UK faculty advisor for BIG BLUE) to test new Adherent Technologies repair tapes using the UV-rigidizing polymers that hardened the BIG BLUE inflatable wings when they were exposed to the sun

• Added value: NASA expert, Dr. Jim Garvin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center provided context

• May 15, 2008, 3 high schools participated

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Southern Skies

A Digital Science Partnership for

Remote and Robotic Astronomy

Developed and Operated by University of Louisville

University of Southern Queensland

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Summary

•Telescopes in Australia and Kentucky•Linked by Internet2•Hands-on discovery and exploration•Formal classes and informal education

•Trial use with grades 5 to 8 Spring 2007

•Continued development Fall 2007

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Where

•Mt. Kent Observatory near Toowoomba, about 100 kilometers southwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

•Moore Observatory, 20 kilometers northeast of Louisville, Kentucky

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Why

Night sky in Australia during our day

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Why

Our own galaxy is best seen from the southern hemisphere.

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Eta Carina

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Jupiter's Red Spot

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Dumbbell Nebula

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Where we are now

•Remotely-operable telescopes and domes

•Polycom and Tandberg conferencing•Weather stations•Site and dome interior cameras•Fisheye night sky cameras•Web site and data servers

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Technical issues

•Speed of large data file transfer

•Classroom software

•Safe and fully-robotic operation

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Near Term Plans• Integration with Kentucky curriculum• Integration with international curricula• Classroom trials with multiple I2 visits• Subsequent planetarium visits• Coordination with other robotic telescopes• Access to Virtual Observatory• Use by university undergraduate classes

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Longer range goals

• Reliable robotic operation without on-site presence

• Access both as a remote instrument and fully-robotic operation

• Close association with other networks supporting fast access and rich educational content for astronomy

• Use by university distance education students

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Support and Collaboration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA

University of LouisvilleUniversity of Southern

Queensland

Northern Kentucky University

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KY Dept. of Education

2010 World Equestrian Games

• International Equine Summit –– Themes under consideration:

• Horse industry in the 21st century• Emerging science of horse medicine• Horse/Human bond

• Internet2 Virtual Events –– Showcase 8 equestrian events– Showcase Kentucky

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Innovation & Creativity

The world is but a canvas to the imagination.

- Henry David Thoreau

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Questions?

Thank You!

Ling-yuh W. (Miko) PattieSenior Advisor, Information & Technology

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Educationmiko.pattie@ky.gov

• http://internet2.edu• http://k20.internet2.edu• http://i2.ky.gov