UNINETT and why (e)Campus matter
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Uninett, the Norwegian research and education network, connects over 200 institutions and 300,000 users, aiming to enhance learning and research through initiatives like eCampus, which focuses on mobile services, lecture capture, and web conferencing. The organization addresses network challenges in Norway, a geographically diverse country, by standardizing services and sharing best practices while ensuring effective connectivity across campuses. Their ongoing development involves community collaboration, technical specifications for AV equipment, and plans for an operational solution in 2011.
UNINETT and why (e)Campus matter
- 1. UNINETT and why (e)Campus matters Joint TF-CPR and TF-Media meeting, Trondheim 07.10.2010 Ingrid Melve, CTO, UNINETT
- 2. UNINETT: the Norwegian research and education network The research network Internet
- 4. eCampus FAS: shared administrative systems
- 5. Sigma: advanced scientific computing
- 7. UNINETT figures Connecting 200+ institutions
- 8. Connecting 300 000+ users
- 9. NORDUnet is upstream provider
- 10. Total of 75 employees, half in the research network
- 11. Turnover in 2009: 213 MNOK
- 12. Where is this place? Norway
- 13. < 5 million persons
- 14. Long country with fjords
- 15. Distributed higher education, distributed population
- 18. Arctic Internet Norway is a long country with harsh weather: network challenge!
- 19. Mainland Norway is as long as the distance from Rome to Oslo...
- 20. Fiber is the answer
- 21. Deployment is the route
- 22. UNINETT on campus 1980s-1992: Internet to higher education Internet= router + server (Samson) 1994-1998: Multi-campus college (KOMPAKT) Internet= routers + infrastructure 1999- : Administrative systems Deploying shared systems 2006-2009: Campus networks (GigaCampus) Internet = routers + campus network, BCP 2010- : eCampus in research and learning
- 23. UNINETT on campus Campus infrastructure matters Best practice cabling and power supply
- 24. Measurements (measure stick servers), network monitoring
- 26. SIP and voice over IP
- 28. Security policies and audits Procurement: software licenses, PC/Macs, switches, routers, printers, telephony ...
- 29. Service deployment Open transparent processes
- 30. You need to work in a certain way: share, share, share
- 31. Iterative processes understand existing work flows
- 32. use social media, exploit relationships Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (Paul in 1 Thess 5, 21)
- 33. eCampus: infrastructure for learning eCampus aims to improve learning and research in higher education by collaboration on Mobile services
- 34. Lecture capture
- 35. Videoconferencing and web meetings Organized by UNINETT
- 36. Why do Uninett eCampus? We were asked to by universities
- 37. Our job to ensure things work across network
- 38. standardization and national collaboration
- 39. sharing of best practice
- 40. cost efficiency Connecting campuses to the world
- 41. eCampus program First tasks focus on lectures Lecture capture
- 42. Web meeting (and video conferences)
- 44. ICT architecture Goal: better learning experience Lectures shared (in group or open)
- 46. Mobile solutions
- 47. Web meetings to the people! Web meetings available everywhere
- 48. Report on web conferencing Meetings
- 49. Lectures
- 50. Ad-hoc collaboration Roadmap Federated solution: October 2010
- 51. Call for tender early 2011
- 52. Operational solution: June 2011
- 53. UNINETT technical specifications The specifications include Functional description of AV equipment in lecture halls and meeting rooms, May 2010 (UFS116, Norway)
- 54. Technical and functional requirements for AV equipment, May 2010 (UFS119, Norway) Specification are developed in the community Working groups (with a secretary from UNINETT)
- 55. Formal hearing rounds and reviews GEANT3 campus best practice activity
- 58. Contakt eCampus? Contact oss [email_address]
- 59. Telephone: +47 73557900 Participate [email_address] Information http://blog.ecampus.no
Editor's Notes
- #5: Norway: small country, small population, not easy to do high bandwidth We have a tradition for collaboration on ICT solutions in the HEI space, this goes way back. May come from the fact that there as so few of us.
- #10: Open transparent processes - (not mention: eduGAIN closing openwiki) - it is silly to be closed in a deployment effort - it costs us time to keep others out of the information loop - we know that openness works - we need to share beyond the insiders, to bring in and build a community - it is old fashioned and outdated to close information and work flows, this is the age of Internet collaboration and social networking - when we are open, we get feedback and input