2. VISH - The Virtual Science Hub
Public & social
repository of
e-Excursions
connecting schools
with scientific
institutions
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3. VISH - The Virtual Science Hub
Social &
collaborative
public repository of
• e-Excursions
• Resources
• User profiles
(content producers)
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4. VISH Content
Everything in
ViSH is public
(non registered
users):
e-Excursions,
resources &
user profiles
(example:
search “bio”)
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5. e-Excursion
Web based presentation
where a slide is a
Rich media mash-up
Smart-card
Quiz
For virtual & physical classroom
Can be projected with a beamer
Like a powerpoint presentation
Accessible from a smartphone
Edited only from desktop or tablet
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6. Rich Media Mash-ups components
Standard content
Text
Images
Videos,
...
Remote access elements
for e-Infrastructure access
Cameras
sensors
Controlers
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7. e-Infrastructure access
University of Cambridge (UK)
Various kinds of electronic microscopes
Doñana (Andalusien, Spain)
Cameras, microphones, sensors for wildlife
SZTAKI (Budapest, Hungary)
Earthquake equipment, Digital production, ..
BIFI (Zaragosa, Spain)
Simulations, e-Equipement, ...
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8. Content
sharing
Registered users can:
• Create* new e-
Excursions
• Clone** and
enrich* e-Excursions
* ViSH distributes with CC-
non-commercial license
** Original authors
recognized via cloning
chain
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9. The Virtual
Classroom
Connects
classrooms
with
Labs
or
classrooms
with
classrooms
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10. VISH Social Network
ViSH supports a
community
of content (e-
Excursions)
producers
1) I can follow
“what others do”
2) Others can follow
“what I do”
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11. My Home
My workspace: 1) 4)
1) e-
Excursions
- network
(followed) 2)
- mine
- recommended
- favorits
2) Resources
- network
3)
(followed)
- mine
- recommended
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- favorits
12. My Profile
What do others 3)
see about me: 6)
1) Followers
4)
2) Following
1)
3) e-Excursions
- network (followed)
- mine
2)
- favorits
4) Resources
- network (followed) 5)
- mine
- favorits
5) Timeline
6) Recomended
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13. Recommendations
Recommendation of:
Virtual excursions
Resources
Similar users
Personalized by
Social context: user interests, role, followers/following
User context: Current activity
Location context: language, time…
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14. Technology: HTML5 and Ruby on Rails
HTML5 (e-Excursion Editor)
New Web standards for device independent services
for desktops, smartphones, tablets, TVs, ..
HTML5 is the future of Web technologies
Browser support is high and quickly improving
Ruby on Rails (ViSH)
Very effective technology for service prototyping
ViSH is an open software project hosted in GITHUB
ViSH: https://github.com/ging/vish
e-Excursion Editor: https://github.com/ging/vish_editor
Social_stream: https://github.com/ging/social_stream
~52000 downloads & +5 social networks created with it
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15. New features
Clone
Drafts
Full integration with MashmeTV: pass one slide, it passes
for everyone else.
Upload your own avatar
Themes
6 new slides templates
Ipad version
Flashcards
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16. Mobile app
Image and video upload
into the repository
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17. Learning Object Metadata (LOM)
Title
Title
General
General
LOM
LOM Language
Language
LyfeCycle
LyfeCycle Description
Description
MetaMetadata
MetaMetadata
Technical
Technical
Learning resource type
Learning resource type
Educational
Educational Typical Age Range
Typical Age Range
Rights
Rights
Relation
Relation
Annotation
Annotation Discipline
Discipline
Competencies
Competencies
Classification
Classification Purpose
Purpose Educational level
Educational level
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22. Future Work
Federation with existing resource repositories
LRE (EUN), Open Discovery Space, museums, ....
Metadata Standards (SCORM , IMS CC, ...)
Federation with more e-Infrastructures
API definition & support
Community support
Spam control, eEx. or Teacher of the month, .....
Offline presentation of e-Excursions
3D, Augmented Reality
Maybe recording: screencast or sessions?
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