1 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Cisco Networking Academy Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1: A Checklist for Instructor Trainers Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team July 2013 CCNA R&S T3 Webinar

2 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada 1Installing PT for CCNA R&S? 2Viewing Simulation Mode? 3Using PTSAs? 4Building Models? 5Telling Stories? 6Playing Games? 7Writing Activities? 8Collaborating?

Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3  Benefits: bug fixes, avoiding misconceptions, better interactions with assessment and gaming systems  New features for you and your classes to build better models. Oh, and see “Help”!  PT is REQUIRED to use many curriculum practice activities, but also quizzes, Chapter exams, Practice and Actual Final Exams, and of course PTSAs

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 5 Scientific Visualization is a crucial part of most STEM disciplines Consider PT Simulation mode a single-step, entire-network, packet sniffer Research shows the power of animations, packet tracing, and student “what if” questions Check out the protocol list! Device tables! Packet contents! Scenario features! QoS!

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 7 Research indicates the utility of performance-based assessments PTSAs can improve the validity, fairness, and security of an your exam portfolio Automatically graded work product, process logs, and extensive feedback Isomorphic tasks (“task families”) allow for better security and/or multiple retakes for mastery

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 9 Research shows the power of learners building their own network models This process may be described as constructivist; as an “inquiry” process; as “what ifs” with “aha” moments Scaffolding can be heavy (lots of guidance) or minimal (more problem-based), individual or in teams, in-person or via social networking, compare/contrasting PT & real

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 11 Learning research emphasizes the importance of context, especially for motivation and transfer of learning to work contexts. Consider.pkz (like zip, with gfx) Curriculum.pka files are often (not always) written with a minimal amount of context to avoid cognitive overload (distraction) Stories provide context; but many times the best stories are localized to the learners

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 13 Research indicates that games have great educational potential Many types of NetAcad resources can be turned into games by social means We have two computer-based games, Packet Tracer Multiuser (PTMU) and Aspire Educational games that are both fun and teach useful networking skills are challenging for Cisco to develop; help us.

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Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15 First, you need not, since there are: dozens of new PT activities, hundreds of PT 5.3.x activities activities you personally have written But maybe you want to modify them? Maybe you want to translate or localize? Maybe you alone, or you and your peers, want to write your own, from “scratch”?

16 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Task TypesFormative AssessmentsSummative Assessments UnderstandingPerformanceUnderstandingPerformance Student InitiatedQuizzesPacket Tracer Labs TestletsPacket Tracer Simulations Interactive Media (e.g., Drag- and-drop, Syntax Checker, etc.) Learning Checkpoints Packet Tracer Media Objects Packet Tracer Simulations Instructor InitiatedCourse Chapter ExamsHands-on LabsCourse Mid-term CheckpointPacket Tracer Skills Assessments Pre-TestsPacket Tracer Multiuser Game Skills Check Course FinalHands-on-Equipment Skills Assessments Practice FinalsPacket Tracer Skills Assessments To triangulate what students know, a student, their instructor, and NetAcad can draw upon this Assessment toolkit. Moving toward ubiquitous formative assessment. Shifting from knowledge feedback to feedback about skills and abilities. NOTE: Bolded items are moddable

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19 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Create your own PT has hundreds of gradable components Add to your course Please see also sessions entitled “Packet Tracer 6.0 and Beyond!”, and “Shake up and Shape Up PT Activities with Variable Manager and IsoMorph”

Cisco Confidential © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 20 You are part of a complex activity system If your preferred mode of collaboration is international, check out the PT community If your preferred mode of collaboration is more local, work with Sew Hoon, Kevin, Karen, and Giuseppe and your peers There is immense power and openness in the Packet Tracer Ecosystem. Be patient with Activity Wizard, Scoring Model and Scripting, as we prioritize student-facing features, not AW UX WE. ARE. PARTNERS.

21 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Wildcard: virtual PT activity scripting conference? Link to Packet Tracer Discussion ForumPacket Tracer Discussion Forum FAQs and Packet Tracer Errata List Supplementary activities for curricula At A Glance Overview Presentation Instructor training materials Link to Instructor Guides Packet Tracer resource page Look for Upcoming PT 6.1 Beta (TBA)

22 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Cisco Networking Academy Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 and Beyond! Addressing the Digital Divide Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team Academy Conference 2013

23 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Cisco Networking Academy Assessing Student Learning in 2013: Surfing the Digital Ocean How do we know what our students know? Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD Senior Manager, Simulation, Assessment, and Game Engineering (SAGE) Telethia Willis SAGE Program and Project Manager, Assessment Cisco Academy Conference 2013

24 © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco confidential.Cisco Networking Academy, U.S./Canada Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Cisco Networking Academy Cisco Packet Tracer Multiuser What it does and how to make it work Brad Anderson Product and Program Manager – Packet Tracer Bob Schoenherr Global Competition Lead NetAcad Academy Conference 2013

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