Internet2 Imagination for Teaching & Learning Marty Siegel School of Informatics Indiana University msiegel@indiana.edu September 28, 2004 Austin, Texas

In 1986, Understanding Computer-Based Education… PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations) “computer imagination” Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

The problem was imitation, not imagination. We were copying one medium onto another. Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

for some particular gain (in our case, teaching and learning) The challenge was (and still is) to exploit the medium… to take advantage of its strengths… for some particular gain (in our case, teaching and learning) Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

Group to group connectivity Multicasting So what are Internet2’s strengths as a medium? Speed Group to group connectivity Multicasting Sharing resources (large datasets) Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

What can we do that we simply could not do before? It’s not about replicating class-rooms. After all, it’s not as if the lecture hall is the “gold standard” of instruction. Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

These are just some thoughts: immersive scenarios: implicit or tacit knowledge vs. explicit knowledge über-me: life-long intelligent portfolios that creates a learner model of the student intelligent tool palettes: the right tool at the right time Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

Not a “field of dreams” and not what we see today. Rather a grid of grids: Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

The medium is the message. ―Marshall McLuhan Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid

The medium is the message The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. ―Marshall McLuhan Historical Perspective Imitation Imagination I2 Strengths I2 Imagination Some Possibilities The Education Grid