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Programmable Open Mobile Internet & Opportunities in Future Educationpp

Paul KimChief Technology [email protected]

1.What we have learned1.What we have learned2 Wh t d i 2 Wh t d i 2. What we are doing now2. What we are doing now3. What we want to see tomorrow3. What we want to see tomorrow

GlobalGlobal USA/CaliforniaUSA/California GlobalGlobal

Openness movement Openness movement Openness movement Openness movement everywhere, but open for everywhere, but open for whom? whom?

UN Declaration of Human Right Article 26.UN Declaration of Human Right Article 26.UN Declaration of Human Right Article 26.UN Declaration of Human Right Article 26.

(1) Everyone has the right to education.(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free…shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be …available…. equally accessible to all…

(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

PocketSchoolPocketSchool (Global)(Global)PocketSchoolPocketSchool (Global)(Global)

• Develop a mobile learning solution for children who have no access t h lto school

• Literacy and numeracy development• Action research based

b d b d l• Hybrid business model• Growing partnerships

Kim, P. (2008). An action research for the development of mobile learning system for the underserved. Educational Technology Research & Development. DOI: 10.1007/s11423‐008‐9109‐2.

Kim P Miranda T & Olaciregui C (2007) Pocket school: ExploringKim, P., Miranda, T., & Olaciregui, C. (2007). Pocket school: Exploring mobile technology as a sustainable literacy education option for underserved children in Latin America. International Journal of Educational Development. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.11.002.

POCKETSCHOOLPOCKETSCHOOL

What we have learned:What we have learned:What we have learned:What we have learned:

• Kids who have never seen TV figures out a mobile glearning device in 2 minutes.

• Mobile “Sesame Street” concept works.(• Local entrepreneurs are needed (Dissemination,

Support, Sustainment)• Should be highly shock water dust heat and• Should be highly shock, water, dust, heat, and scratch resistant.

• More chances with toys(playing device) as a y (p y g )charging source than using solar cell or hand crank.

What we have learned:What we have learned:What we have learned:What we have learned:

• Cellular network coverage becoming availableCellular network coverage becoming available.

• Secondhand prepaid phones are rapidly becoming availablebecoming available.

• Those who own secondhand prepaid cell h h d i l k l lphones use the device as a clock, calculator, or

photo album more than as a phone to receive lla call.

• Airtime is becoming a form of money.

What about classrooms?What about classrooms?What about classrooms?What about classrooms?

• Increase overall classroom management efficiencyIncrease overall classroom management efficiency

• Assess student performance: Detailed strengths and weaknesses on a daily basisy

• Replacement for homework

• Games to increase interest and motivationGames to increase interest and motivation

• Increase student engagement in learning, assessment, and planning, p g

• Simplified wireless communication

• Social networkingSocial networking

POCKETSCHOOLPOCKETSCHOOL

Individualize learning planLearning games & homework

Sync and generate reports on individual performance(Identifying successful and unsuccessful areas)

CostCostCostCost

• Linux OS + GNASH (Open Flash)Linux OS + GNASH (Open Flash)

• Order for 5,000 devices = $250,000 (Unit cost = $50 per student)= $50 per student).

• Can we afford to spend $50?

• How about one for every child?y

• Too expensive?

TV is much more important for AmericansTV is much more important for AmericansTV is much more important for AmericansTV is much more important for Americans

• FCC ‐ Between January 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, all U.S. households will be able to request up to two coupons, worth $40 each, to be used toward the future purchase of eligible digital‐to‐analog converter boxes.

= $80= $80

What we are doing now:What we are doing now:

Empowering, Empowering, engaging, & enabling engaging, & enabling h hh h llopportunities opportunities through Uthrough U‐‐learning learning

CommunitiesCommunities

Connecting those Connecting those who need help who need help with those who with those who want to help…want to help…

o Internet.o Internet.o computer.o computer.o problem.o problem.

Synchronous to PCs &Asynchronous M2M

Mobile Video + Social Networking Mobile Video + Social Networking Sharable & Reusable ContentsSharable & Reusable ContentsUGLC RepositoriesUGLC RepositoriesUGLC RepositoriesUGLC Repositories

Video repliespCreative contents

Tags are used to indicate subject, textbook, page, and problem number, problem title, etc.

Synchronous Mobinars

Multiuser Multimodal Interactions

Learning materials today in the K20 spaceLearning materials today in the K20 space

Digital artifacts on Web 2.0Digital artifacts on Web 2.0

– Powerpoints on Slideshare

– Presentation videos on YoutubePresentation videos on Youtube

– Essays on Google Docs

Creative contents on Flickr– Creative contents on Flickr

– Concept maps on MindMeister

• Archive for later use?

• Remix/ Repurpose?

• Show off achievements?

• Evidence of learning

California EmergingTechnology Fund

CETF ill in est inCETF will invest in programs and projects thatprojects that provide leadership statewide to minimize the digital divide…

$60 million fund.

The British Department for Children, Schools, andThe British Department for Children, Schools, andFamilies (DCSF) has mandated mandated that every student every student has access to a personalized digital learning space with the capacity to support an ePortfolio by 2008 (Foley, 2008).

eFolio Minnesota offers every student the i P f liopportunity to create an ePortfolio

• Vision: Every resident of Minnesota use Every resident of Minnesota use eFolioeFolio to reach to reach h ih i d i dd i d lltheir their education and career education and career goals. goals.

• Purpose: To “create a living showcase of their education, career, and personal achievements” , , p

• The most comprehensive ePortfolio implementation in the United States: Over 70,000 initial users across the state of Minnesota.

• Serves all Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota State Colleges and Universities(MnSCU), a system of 33 institutions, primarily two-( ), y , p yyear technical and community colleges.

• Other states are to either follow Minnesota efolioinitiative or build their own.

http://www.efoliominnesota.com

What can we do?What can we do?What can we do?What can we do?

PRPL: PRivate-PubLic Data IndexPRPL: PRivate PubLic Data IndexOld & NewData Apps/Services

Old & Newdata

A unified view of data

Old & NewData Repositories

A unified view of data Separate data ownership, storage, applicationsSecure, fine-grain sharingD i i d d hiDevice-independence: cachingInteractive data navigation with semantic-web queries

PRPL Service Architecture for the K20 Education Spacefor the K20 Education Space

Data Repositories

PRPL Personal Cloud Butler Service Providers

URIs

PRPL PCB Service Provider

RDF



RDF•Interoperability

RDF

p y•Hybrid Model•Cloud Computing•Mass‐Scale Implementation•Semantic Web

POMI PRPLPOMI PRPL‐‐BasedBased ePortfolioePortfolioPOMI PRPLPOMI PRPL Based Based ePortfolioePortfolio

PRPL PCB Service ProviderPRPL PCB Service ProviderPRPL PCB Service Provider PRPL PCB Service Provider

Owner

Multi‐Purpose E‐Portfolio Views

•College Admission • Assessment Report•Course Completion•Degree Completion•Employment Resume•Professional Development Evidence

• Project Documentation• Human Resource Planning• Knowledge Transfer & Management• Institutional Business Intelligence

Representing Metadata in RDF

prpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb provider comprpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.comprpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.com rdf:type foaf:Personprpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.com foaf:f_name `Gloria`‘prpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb provider com foaf:l name `Cho`‘

Work Experience

prpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.com foaf:l_name Choprpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.com foaf:mbox ``[email protected]''prpl://identity/# 16501234567 @pcb_provider.com foaf:phone ``16501234567''

pRand Corporation

Research Assistant05/04 – 12/06Native: Korean

CompetencyPhone #:16501234567Name: Gloria Cho

Identity Profile

Native: Korean2nd L E li h

Language CompetencyWork Information1st Language: Korean2nd Language: English

Competency

WestEd CorpProject Manager01/07‐04/08External Documents Work Information

Wesleyan UniversityCredential

2nd Language: English3rd Language: SpanishTOEFL: 610TSE 55

Name: Gloria Cho Gender: FAge: 26DOB: 07/22/82

2nd Language: English3rd Language: SpanishTOEFL: 610TSE: 55

Currently Seeking: YAvailability: MTWHF

2 Language: English3rd Language: SpanishTOEFL: 610TSE: 55

Introduction VideoPresentation Currently Seeking: Y

Wesleyan UniversityBachelorEconomics

Stanford University

TSE: 55GRE: 1520

SSN: 789‐56‐1234TSE: 55GRE: 1520

Hourly Rate: $150GRE: 1520

Resume Type: academicResume Type: corporate

y gAvailability: MTWHFHourly Rate: $50

Stanford UniversityMasterEducation

Queries

Email me all Stanford graduate student papers focused on technology entrepreneurship and received A+ from faculty member Roy or Nick or Monica or Guru or Dan but not Paul.

Submit!

Queries

Text message our job posting to people in Palo Alto with validated B.S degree in Computer Science with high level Java programming skill and speak proficient English and intermediate Chinese and currently searching for a job and will work for $80/hour.

Submit!

CA K20 CETC + PRPL?CA K20 CETC + PRPL?CA K20 CETC + PRPL? CA K20 CETC + PRPL?

• Target population: California State Higher Education systemg p p g y‐ 2.8 million in Community Colleges

‐ 417,156 in CSU

214 298 in UC (C lif i P t d Ed ti C i i 2006)‐ 214,298 in UC (California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2006)

• End benefit:– Can display more information beyond what transcript can reveal about

an individual.

– Can utilize already existing and widely used applications.

– Can save resources for data storage servers.g

– Employers can query student data with job requirements.

– Expedited and credible HR process.

•Massive scale implementation•Long‐term storage and ownership g g p•Increasing operation cost•Cultural shock•Interoperability

Private sector interest?

On‐going Student ProjectsOn going Student Projects

What we want to see tomorrowWhat we want to see tomorrow

Projects towards EFAProjects towards EFA

UNICEF Report, 2001UNICEF Report, 2001UNICEF Report, 2001UNICEF Report, 2001

• In 1990 two global conferences set the targetIn 1990, two global conferences set the target of universal access to basic education by the year 2000 The goal was far from attaining dueyear 2000. The goal was far from attaining due to the lack of public interest and adequate financefinance.

• The new goal is to attain the EFA goal by 2015. The annual additional investment needed toThe annual additional investment needed to achieve ‘education for all’ in developing countries by 2015 is estimated at $9 1 billioncountries by 2015 is estimated at $9.1 billion.

M‐Commerce tomorrow todayM Commerce tomorrow today

E‐Bay

Person A

Person BB

PayPal

mPayPal

Can you sambaza me some airtime? (Kiswahili)

My Phone Number isMy Phone Number is

• My Portfolio IDMy Portfolio ID

• Profile ID• Resume ID

• Competency ID

• Bank Account• My e‐store IDMy e store ID

Going GlobalGoing Global??Content OwnersContent Owners

Going GlobalGoing Global??

Free Free Cellular Cellular N t kN t kNetworkNetwork

AmazonAmazon

BrowseBrowse& Purchase& Purchase

Kindle Maga ines cost bet een $1 25 and $3 49 per month

ConsumersConsumers

& Purchase& Purchase

Kindle Magazines cost between $1.25 and $3.49 per month. Web blogs will cost you $0.99 per month to subscribe.Kindle price can go down to $40 a piece. How about used ones?

C t t OC t t ONew Model?New Model?

Content OwnersContent Owners

New Open NetworkNew Open Network

My Portfolio ID

My Phone NumberMy Phone Number

Profile IDResume IDCompetency IDBank AccountBank AccountMy e-store ID

ConsumersConsumers

mContentmContent Industry Industry mCommercemCommerce change the World?change the World?

Content Owners/ Content Owners/ ConsumersConsumers

A Rwandan writes an African version of Harry Potter in Kinyarwanda – 5 centsTranslated in Swahili – 7 cents, in English – 10 cents.

Global Open NetworkGlobal Open Network

A Congolese now really motivated to writeLove & Peace poems in French – 3C each.Audio recording – 3C

pp-- InnovationInnovation-- EFAEFA-- EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship

A mother in Bangladesh uses education credit from BRAC to buy creative writing guide book 5C

A Chinese gets a microfinance loan fromKIVA.ORG to buy a digital device to

creative writing guide book – 5C

y gcreate a book cover for the Rwandan Harry Potter book – 5C

Consumers/ Consumers/ Content OwnersContent OwnersA US native Indian records healing

ritual dance song – 50C

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (A i l 31 b d d b 2020)(A i l 31 b d d b 2020)(Article 31. to be updated by 2020)(Article 31. to be updated by 2020)

(1) Everyone has the right to digital connectivity. Everyone is ( ) y g g y yentitled to a free personal digital communication apparatus to participate in the global open‐flow network in expressing and exchanging opinions; organizing and participating in politicalexchanging opinions; organizing and participating in political processes; devising and operating social and economic entrepreneurship activities; developing and realizing the full human potential; and seeking, promoting, supporting and maintaining shared prosperity and peace.

(2) The United Nations accommodates and secures the global(2) The United Nations accommodates and secures the global open‐flow network and the information within.