1 finding collaborators worldwide james werle, univ. of washington, [email protected] jennifer...
TRANSCRIPT
1
Finding Collaborators Worldwide
James Werle, Univ. of Washington, [email protected]
Jennifer Oxenford, MAGPI/UPENN, [email protected]
Tim Boundy, JANET, [email protected]
2
Defining the Need
• 87 advanced networks worldwide, over 50k Internet2 connected institutions in the US alone
• YET - few know how to find collaborators• Solution to date => email NREN
directors/contacts to find out connectivity status
• How to find collaborating partners has been the “Holy Grail” of applications success
3
K20 MUSE
James Werle
Jennifer Oxenford
4
Muse Goals • Connect people with similar interests around advanced networking applications• Encourage collaboration• Facilitate resource sharing and discovery
• Better introduce new communities to advanced networking community and applications
5
MyK20 of the Past
• Create personal profile
• Submit project description
• Search for projects and people
6
MyK20 Limitations
• Rapid data obsolescence
• People needed to find myK20
• National in scope - no regional customization available
• No real-time communication and limited collaboration functionality
7
Ideology of Muse
• User community driven content• Incorporating best of web 2.0 and social
networking ideas (flickr, digg, youtube, myspace, delicious, etc.)
• Radical trust of users (a la wikipedia) • Wisdom of the crowd• Tagging - user defined folksonomies to
describe content
8
Functionality of Muse
• Regional sites sharing and displaying content from same database
• Regional sites/users determine what is shared to other regions
• Create, manage, share personal profiles and projects
• Post news items and events • Search for projects, people
9
Functionality of Muse (con’t)
• Tag and comment content • Create and maintain colleagues or “friends”• Leave messages for friends• Use Google API mash-up to geographically
display information• Real time chat with friends (phase II)• “Push” content via RSS feeds, email, etc. • Create/upload/share resources (.ppt, urls,
podcasts, bookmarks, whatever!)
10
Need for regional tools
• MAGPI member community wanted regional database
• Did not want to compete with national Myk20
• Need for robust interoperability between regional and national tools
• Realized potential for other regional communities (states, countries, disciplines, whatever!)
11
Muse Architecture
Internet2 Server
database - mySQL CMS - drupal
National MyK20
MAGPI Regional
Your SEGPs regional site
Australia Regional …
Simplified Muse Architecture
12
Technical Support from Internet2
• Website Hosting
• Wiki environment (for national development team)
• Flexible server support and configuration
13
National siteRegional site
14
National site
15
National siteGo here now to create new user profile/acct. and search for others.
Live Demo - People
16
National site
Go here now to create, edit, search projects
Live Demo - Projects
17
National site
“Get Started” Guides
• Discipline-specific introductions to advanced networking teaching and learning applications– 4-year colleges
– 2-year colleges
– Public libraries
– K-12 schools
– Museums
– Zoos, Aquaria, Science Centers
18
19
20
Developing Muse
• Distributed team - UW and UPenn
• Student programmers = staff turnover
• Documentation challenges
• Extremely limited funding
21
What’s Next?
• More Bug Testing / Evaluation
• Beta-Launch (Late-October)
• Marketing the service to other potential user groups
• Implement Phase 2 features based on user feedback
22
How do you get involved?
• Create an account and help us beta-test• Adopt Muse as a social utility for your
community?• Tell us about your organization’s social
networking efforts!• http://k20dev.internet2.edu/drupal
23
FAQs - Do I have to have my own regional site?
• Nope!
• Muse Global K20 site is available for everyone
24
FAQs - Who else are you talking to about this?
• CILC
• TERENA
• education.au
• AARNet
• JANET
25
JANET CollaborateTim Boundy
Project Manager, JANET Collaborate
26
Challenges Moving Forward/Panel Discussion
• Integration of with similar online community efforts internationally Authentication
• Multi-linguality
• Data protection/privacy
• Identity confidence/verification
• Effective marketing to practitioners
• Social networking site overload!!
27
Q&A - Thank You
Contact Us:
James Werle, Univ. of Washington [email protected]
Jennifer Oxenford, MAGPI/UPENN [email protected]
Tim Boundy, JANET