e-infrastructures for e-learning

BELIEF-6Choice Delhi Jan 29 2009 Wolfgang Gentzsche-School

The Dawn of Distance Learning on e-Infrastructures

or

Distance Learning 2.0

Wolfgang Gentzsch

The DEISA Project

Open Grid Forum

e-School

1st International BELIEF II – 6CHOICESymposium on Distance Learning

Delhi, 28–29 January 2009


Content

• The Challenge: world-wide data and knowledge explosion

• The Challenge: we need more scientists and engineers, but

students are not interested

• The Challenge: schools and teachers are not prepared

• The Solution: new ways of teaching and learning for our digital natives

• The Technology: e-Infrastructures for enriched learning

• The Didactics: working with didactic and pedagogic experts

• The Prototype: e-School, interactive science laboratory, the

digital sand-box for life-long learning


Data Challenges Today

“The amount of scientific data is doubling every year, and mining, analysis, knowledge and reproduction is becoming very complex.”

A.Szalay & J.Gray: Science in an exponential world.

In: Nature, Vol 440, 23 March 2006.

This trend is likely to continue:

- Moore, Gilder, Metcalf Laws continue- In 3-5 years: 10-fold more processing,

. storage, and also network bandwidth- This will result in 10 times more data- Science is scaling up (e.g. LHC) and

. scaling out (commodity technologies)Copy: Aple iPod Ad fromSueddeutsche Magazine June 2 2006


Genbank doubles every 12 months

But

Education

doesn’t

keep pace

!!!

Our knowledge doubles every 12 months !


New cultural community that supports peer collaboration and new modes of education, based upon

- broad and open access to leadership computing;

- data and information resources;

- online instruments and observatories; and

- visualization and collaboration services.

CI enables distributed knowledge communities that collaborate and communicate across disciplines, distances and cultures.

Research and education communities beyond traditional brick-and-mortar facilities, becoming virtual organizations that transcend geographic and institutional boundaries.

Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Director of the National Science Foundation, in March 2007

Cyberinfrastructure Vision for the 21st Century Discovery


Emerging IT is reshaping education

� Economic & technological shifts change education dramatically

� IT is becoming the foundation of knowledge and skills

� Changes in the characteristics and behaviors of learners

� “Competitive advantage for a region is now built on the skills ofits workforce as opposed to its geography, trade laws, patents, and natural resources.”

“The workers of the 21st century must have skills in science, math, and information technologies, creativity, and the ability to solve complex problems.” C.Dede, S.Corte, R.Nelson, G.Valdes, D.Ward, 2005

Transforming Learning for the 21st Century: An Economic Imperative

� “States must foster, support, and enhance online learning for all students and develop 21st century citizens with the capacity for lifelong learning and productivity! John Watson et all, 2005

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning


Today’s Education Challenges

� Information & knowledge is growing exponentially

� Teaching methods and materials do not keep pace

� Learning today is too passive and static, life is highly active and dynamic

� Students become de-motivated and lack creativity

� e-Learning environments are scratching the surface

We need 100Ks of We have to focus

new jobs in science on K-12 students and engineering and their teachers

I’ve tried to tell Bill he’s overloadinghimself with too much information


However: Many Governments Cut Education Budgets

EDUCATION

“Broaden the foundation? Much too expensive!” Copy from MittelbayerischeNewspaper June3 2006


This is a Grid =>

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Grid Architecture

On the other hand: We have e-Infrastructures


Example of an e-Infrastructure:Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications - DEISA


DEISA1: May 1st, 2004 – April 30th, 2008

DEISA Project Partners

DEISA2: May 1st, 2008 – April 30th, 2011


Vision:Establish persistent European HPC ecosystem integrating national Tier-1 (Tflop/s) and Tier-0 (Pflop/s) centres.

Mission:Enhance Europe’s capability in computing and science by integratingsupercomputers into European HPC e-infrastructure.

Build European Supercomputing Service on top of existing national services, based on the deployment and operation of a persistent,production quality, distributed supercomputing environment with continental scope.

Strategy:

Consolidate the existing DEISA1 HPC infrastructure and services.

Deliver a turnkey operational solution for the future persistent European HPC ecosystem.

DEISA, Vision, Mission, Strategy


Gateway

CSC

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ECMWF

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FZJ

Gateway

IDRIS

Gateway

SARA

Gateway

LRZ

Gateway

HPCX

Gateway

HLRS

NJS CINECA IBM P5

IDB UUDB

Gateway

BSC

Gateway

CINECA NJS

FZJ IBM

IDB UUDB

NJS RZG IBM

IDB UUDB

NJS ECMWF IBM P5

IDB UUDB

NJS CSC Cray XT4/5

IDB UUDB

NJS HPCX Cray XT4

IDB UUDB

NJS LRZ SGI ALTIX

IDB UUDB

NJS

HLRS NEC SX8

IDB UUDB

CINECA user

LRZ user

job

job

NJS SARA IBM

IDB UUDB

NJS BSC IBM PPC

IDB UUDB

Gateway

RZG

NJSIDRIS IBM P6

IDB UUDB

AIXLL-MC

AIXLL

LINUXPBS Pro

Super-UXNQS II

GridFTP

LINUXMaui/Slurm

UNICOS/lcPBS Pro

LINUXLL

AIXLL-MC

AIXLL-MC

UNICOS/lcPBS Pro

AIXLL-MC

DEISA Infrastructurebased on UNICORE Grid Middleware


Distance Learning on e-Infrastructures

Distance Learning...

• Independent of time and space

• Self-paced learning

• Teacher-independent learning

• Deductive science education

• Mostly single-learner envirnmt.

• Linear inter-reactivity, at best

• Mostly static and repetitive

=> Improved (but similar to)

class-room learning

...on e-Infrastructures

• Independent of time and space

• Self-paced learning

• Teacher-independent learning

• Inquiry-based science education

• Allows for collaborating groups

• Fully nonlinear interactivity

• Highly dynamic and nonlinear

• Allows for complex simulations, data processing, and visualization

• Brings creativity, motivation and commitment to the students and to the teachers

=> Paradigm Shift


e-School Prototype

A Virtual Laboratory based on an e-Infrastructure and a distributed digital repository for science and engineering applications

for students and educators

Bridging the Chasm between

Education and Science


Our Vision: e-School Science Collaboratoryfor a better learning experience

� Inter-active learning tools for creative students (edutainment)…

� …same tools engineers & scientists are using in the 21st century

� Edu portal provides seamless access to virtual laboratory

� 100s of real-world computer simulations available for all ages

� On dynamic, shared, remote resources, at your finger tip

- Learning by doing -

e-School: empowering education


Imagine: Scientific computing on powerful small and affordable end-user devices

Carry-along PCs (CAPS) , Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPC)

CAPC, from Samsung, South Korea

T83 Tablet from Asus, Taiwan,

demoed at CeBit 2007

Asus R2H

Fujitsu UMPC

CAPC from HTC

OLPC from MIT


Examples of e-School Simulations

Virtual Reality

Mechanical Modeling

Aircraft Design

Circuit Simulation

Aero & Fluid

Mechanics

Genomics

Biotechnology

FinancialAnalysis

Weather & Climate Modeling

Bioinformatics

Statistical Modeling


Student and Student and

Educator PortalEducator Portal

Grid Middleware and Grid Services

Specific e-School Services

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The e-School solution architecture

GridGrid & Cloud& Cloud ResourcesResources

Online

Bookstore

Virtual

ClassroomWorkspace Collaboratory


e-Infrastructure for distance learning


e-School Prototype Websitehttp://eschool.gridwisetech.pl


e-School: Your personal workspace


Example: interactive real-time fluid flow

Collaboratorium


EngineeringApplications

Intranet Clients

Win LX

UXMac

e-Infrastructure

ScienceApplications

e-School Library

Teachers

Students

Sta

ndard

pro

tocols

‘Studentification‘

e-School Portal

e-School Workspace

Distance Learning 2.0 = Web 2.0 + Science Applications + e-Infrastructure

Summary

Courtesy: NICE EnginFrame


Thank You !!

Wolfgang Gentzsch

gentzsch at rzg.mpg.de

1st International BELIEF II – 6CHOICESymposium on Distance Learning

Delhi, 28–29 January 2009

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