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1:1 1:1 Computing @MITComputing @MIT
A discovery project
Bill Fitzgerald Senior Project Manager, ACP
Joanne Hallisey Senior Project Manager, Discovery
Phillip Long Senior Strategist, ACP
Oliver ThomasGroup Leader, Athena-RCC Group
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
Next Steps
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
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•If you’re praying in W13, you must be at MIT
A culture of technology and research
1:1 1:1 Computing @MITComputing @MIT
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
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•MIT faces the consequences of
being “first”– We have a “well defined” computing environment that endorses the three “S’s”
Scalable
Serially reusable
Sustainable
This was implemented through the development of Athena
1:1 1:1 Computing @MITComputing @MIT
Oliver Thomas
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Group Leader, Athena-RCC GroupGroup Leader, Athena-RCC Group
The Athena Computing The Athena Computing EnvironmentEnvironment
Originally Project Athena(1983-1992)
A different kind of ubiquitous computing
Original focus development of an Academic computing platform and discipline-specific courseware
Sponsored by Digital Equipment Corporation and IBM
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
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The Athena Computing The Athena Computing EnvironmentEnvironment
Key Technology Developments
X Window System
Kerberos authentication system
Zephyr messaging system
OLC/OLTA interactive on line help
Hesiod directory services
Roaming profiles
Thin workstations
Highly scalable
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
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The Athena Computing The Athena Computing EnvironmentEnvironment
Athena Today
700+ workstations in clusters, labs, offices, and dorms maintained by minimal staff
25,000+ users
About 6,000 logins from unique users per day
New platform support (SGI, Sun, Linux)
AFS file system
3rd Party SoftwareMath packages (Matlab, Mathematica, Maple)
Graphics/Modelling (Alias Wavefront, Autocad, Insight, Pro**Engineer)
Office packages (StarOffice, Applixware, Framemaker)
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MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
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The Athena Computing The Athena Computing EnvironmentEnvironment
Drawbacks
Heavy network dependency
Slow on launch
Demand exceeds supply at peak times
Unable to leverage market
Limited commercial software choice
UNIX is hard!
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
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Student ComputingStudent Computing
The Student Computing dipole
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High personal ownership (85%-95%)
Increasing resistance to high learning curve Athena (UNIX) presents
Athena is the base for academic computing
Faculty build with Athena in mind
Personally owned machines are not “critical systems”
The Athena Computing The Athena Computing EnvironmentEnvironment
The Student Computing Class System
The EliteIt’s not just a job, it’s an adventure!
The ProfessionalsIn-Depth Knowledge
No Passion
The OthersGoal Oriented
Computer is a means to an end
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MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
The MIT Network
Wireless Pilot
Network Security
Challenges
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MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
Wireless Pilot300 access points in service in selected classrooms, libraries, and public spaces by 6/30/2001“Partnership” with Lucent
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MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
Network Security
Kerberos
X.509 Web Certificates
Certificate-Based DHCP Reg
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MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
Network Security Challenges
Big Pipes, Little Pipes
Servers, Servers Everywhere
MIT’s Network Is Open(No Firewalls)
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15 October 1998
Courtesy Luis Carmona, Telepac (PORTUGAL)
Hazards of Cracking – Portugal Closed for Business
MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
Network Security Challenges
Big Pipes, Little Pipes
Servers, Servers Everywhere
MIT’s Network Is Open(No Firewalls)
Story LineIntroduction
Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
Next Steps
MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
Network Security Challenges
Big Pipes, Little Pipes
Servers, Servers Everywhere
MIT’s Network Is Open(No Firewalls)
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Athena Environment Student Computing
MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
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The Three Myths of The Three Myths of FirewallsFirewalls
1. The Only Way In Or Out Is Through The Firewall
2. All Threats Originate From Outside The Firewall
3. Connections Are Dangerous But Data Is Not
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“Nobody Here But Us Chickens.”
“We’ve Got The Place Surrounded!”
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!”“Sticks and stones may break my bones but Word™ will never hurt me!”
Bob Blakley, IBM
MIT InfrastructureMIT Infrastructure
The Cost Of Freedom
The MIT Network Security Team
Average 4 Incidents per day
Cross-Departmental, Volunteers
Funded and Paid (finally!)
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MIT Infrastructure
Student Expectations Use of Technology
in TeachingEd Technology
InitiativesProposal
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Joanne Hallisey
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Senior Project Manager, DiscoverySenior Project Manager, Discovery
Student Expectations
• Pre-admissions
• New Students
• Parents
• Upperclass students
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Anytime…Anywhere
• 24x7 reliability
• 24x7 availability
• Security
• Multiple platforms
• Lab, classroom,dorm,public space, off-campus connectivity
• Remote access
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Anytime…Anywhere cont.
• File storage
• Network performance
• Software availability
• Support
• Repair
• Personal use options
• Backup????
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Use of Technology in Teaching
• Japanesehttp://web.mit.edu/fll/www/languages/Japanese.html
• 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programshttp://sicp.ai.mit.edu/Fall-2000/
• 2.009 Product Engineering
Processes http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/
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6.001• “An Educational Experiment”• All course information on web pages• Lectures are online only via the
online tutor system• Problem sets releases via the online
tutor system- individual work• Collaboration encourage with
caveats• Support for specified OS on personal
computers - no Macs or general Athena
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Japanese• Use of technology to
teach language - began JP NET in 1995
• Daily use of web (JP NEThttp://www-japan.mit.edu/)
• Interactive exercises• Accessed by MIT and
non-MIT people
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2.009• Web pages parallel MIT
home page• Course information online• Email and chat• Resources• Peer review
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Bill Fitzgerald
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Senior Project Manager, ACPSenior Project Manager, ACP
MIT Council on Educational Technology
(MITCET)
• Momentum for Change
• From Ideas to Reality
• Latest Call for Proposals
• Support for the Future
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Momentum For Change
• The Work– Educational Technology Council– Task Force For Student Life and
Learning– The New MITCET– Life-Long Learning – Alumni Engagement
• The Commitment– PIVoT Is Deployed– EMCC Is Launched
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The Resources
• MIT / Singapore• MIT / Cambridge University, UK
• MIT / Microsoft I-Campus• d’Arbeloff Gift
• MIT Internal Funding
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The Resources
• MIT / Singapore• MIT / Cambridge University, UK
• MIT / Microsoft I-Campus• d’Arbeloff Gift
• MIT Internal Funding
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From Ideas to Reality
Studio Physics:The Re-Birth of
Wonder
Project VIEW:Communicating
aroundCampus
Solving Complex Problems:
Mission 2004
FLUIDS:A School-Wide
Modular Program
Factories and Laboratories:A New Undergraduate
Seminar
Classroom Communicator:
Increasing Classroom Interaction
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Engagement Across the Campus
• Students– Classroom Communicator “Raising your hand...
virtually!”
• Faculty– Technology-Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) “Selling
your chalk stock?”
– Physics Interactive Video Tutor (PIVoT)
• Alumni– Life Long Learning: Keeping our alumni engaged with
perpetual learning and involvement (i.e. Mission 2004)
• Staff– Learn and apply new skills– Work across traditional departmental boundaries
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Latest Call for Proposals
• Continued interest in new ways to create excitement about the first-year educational experience. New areas of interest are:
– Educational impact of wireless and portable computing– New educational initiatives that include alumni as
participants– Projects that investigate increased flexibility for
learning experiences on and off campus
• New support model will be needed– Is this the next generation of Athena, or a brand new
family?
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• Leveraging existing technology proclivities among the MIT students
• Preserve the functionally valuable attributes the Athena
• Craft a series of experiments to evaluate the characteristics of a mobile student computing environment
• Goal: transformation of educational technology in mature computing environment
Dimensions of Study
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Academic Value
Social/Cultural
Hardware
Software
Support
Dimensions of Study
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Infrastructure
Security
BusinessFinance
Test Cohorts
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•Convergence of academic program and independent living groups (ILG’s)
Student cohorts engaged in an academic program provided by a specific course or department
Student cohorts engaged in single shared class (e.g., course 6.001)
Student cohorts derived from a shared living environment (e.g., drawn from the same residence setting)
Givens
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• Multi platform (Intel, Mac)
• Multi OS (Linux, W2K, MacOS X)• Common File System
• Central+Distributed• AFS + MITster or Apache local web server
• Secure Kerberized/Certificate-based environment
Thank You
Tune in Next Year for the
Results !
URLs for Reference• Academic Computing Practice (ACP)
http://web.mit.edu/acs/
• Project I-Campus http://web.mit.edu/alliance/index.html
• Latest Call for First-Year Proposalshttp://mit.edu/ed-proposals
• Educational Media Creation Center (EMCC) http://emcc.mit.edu/
• Center for Advanced Educational Studies http://www-caes.mit.edu/
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