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Stakingoutafenceline
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IntelligentDesign
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IInternet
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Content Oriented Infrastructure Infrastructureisdemanddriven
“NoBuckRogers,NoBucks”*
U>litydrivesdemand
BroadbandU>lityinEduca>on– Singlesignon&iden>tymanagement– Purchasingandlicenseacquisi>oniseasy– Re‐using,re‐mixing,re‐purposingiseasy(orevenpossible)
– Communi>escanexistandfindeachother– Userscontroltheirdataandprivacy(nomorestovepipes)
– Instrumenta>on:it’spossibletoseethebiggerpicture
– Mul>plevoices(akameta‐data)– Diverserelevanceandrecommenda>on
– Valueisintensifiedbydiversepar>es* Tom Wolfe
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Cathedral or Bazaar
Build it or let it be built
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The Market Realities in Education
SyllabiandcurriculaareoRenstructuredandpre‐determined Unitsofinstruc>onareoRenmonolithicandtextbookdriven SoRwareproductsfrequentlydon’tinteroperate Studentchoicesome>mesdevolvesto“stayin”or“dropout” Technologyishardtouseandunderstand Therighttechnicalsolu>onishardtofind Therightdigitalsolu>onistoo>meconsumingtoassemble,
toocostlyortoohardtointegrateintoexis>ngteaching MeasuringsuccessasdefinedbythesystemisoRennot
compa>blewiththemeasurementsavailablefromtech.
============================= Lowadop(on,lackofinterest,lowfundingcommitments
andpar(cipa(onineduca(onalnetworks
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Interoperability
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Data Interoperability Standards Principles
Lightweight Openaccessandderiva>on Transparentcommunity
Opt‐in&self‐assembling Easy“on‐ramp”
– Simpleuse‐caseshavesimpleimplementa>ons
– Workflowishandledbutnotrequired
De‐coupledtransport
Openreferenceimplementa>ons&tes>ngharnesses
Usesexis>ngstandards Federatediden>tyofresources(plusancestry!)
Federateddiscovery(andthereforerelevancyistoo)– Microformats
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No choice
Freedom of Choice
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New Infrastructure
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Markets and Interoperability
Interoperable markets tend towards: Reducedmarketsegmenta>on
Sharpenedcompe>>on
Increasedcustomerchoiceandleverageinmarket
Reducedlock‐in Loweredpricesbutincreasesmarginsforproviders(askRedhat)
Moresolu>onsfrommoreprovidersrefreshedmoreoRen
Easierswitchtoimprovedsolu>ons(anddumpineffec>veness)
Scalingupfasterforbe^erideas Be^erdataonwhatisworkingandwhere===============================
Moreinnova(onANDinnovators!
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How a Network Gets Smarter
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Back home…
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Biggest Questions
Doesmeta‐datareplica>onmakealotofstuffbe^er?– Beingabletofindanditerateoverunknowncollec>ons– Looselycoupledreplica>onpermitsself‐assemblingnetworks
Ismandatoryiden>tyworththecost– Reducespamminess,increasetrust,increaseburdentoenter
Doespermi`ngawidevarietyofmeta‐dataformatsintothenetworkactuallyendupencouraginginteroperability?
Doespermi`ngusagedataonthesamenetworkasmetadataencouragenewsearch/recommenda>onservices?
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Sources
SteveMidgley
Somesourcespublicdomainorsourceindeterminate
Stovepipe:GaryMorrisDevo:Devo
Marketphoto:providencebandb.comRailyard:konrad_photography
Drainageditch:SteveMidgley(publicdomain)