QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Flavio Fontana, Enrico Cosimi, Giangiacomo Ponzo ENEA Usability & Media Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Rome, Italy Usability & Media Laboratory An e-Learning Platform for H-DATA

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Usability & Media Laboratory Index Usability & Media LAB introduction; e-Learning Strategy; e-Learning Technology; R&D Projects and Mobile Scenario; Mobile-QS design; Validation and Usability testing; Conclusions and future works.

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Usability & Media Laboratory The ENEA Usability & Media Lab is an experienced experts and developers group in web applications, portals, multimedia database design, distributed systems and e-learning platforms. The Usability & Media Lab organizes usability testing sessions since The laboratory issue is to improve the effectiveness, the efficiency and the users systems satisfaction by advanced methods of usability testing and design. ENEA, Usability & Media LAB Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY e-Learning Strategy The e-learning strategy to the ULAB is to implement innovative systems to search, in virtual e-learning environment, heterogeneous multimedia contents. The mobile application, named Mobile Query System (Mobile-QS) is based on Web 2.0 technology to inquiry the e-learning platform database with an advanced mobile interface. Mobile-QS is a new virtual environment to extend the fruition in a mobile context both e-learning objects and videos of lectures and seminars for remote classrooms. The easy to use of Mobile-QS supports the students and teachers to formulate simple and complex queries with icons and visual objects. The Usability Laboratory, ENEA Research Centre, has implemented Mobile-QS for MATRIX platform, a new virtual environment, to extend the fruition of the e-learning contents in a mobile context using smart-phones and tablets. The experimentation has been done to study, between the users, the effectiveness and satisfaction of the innovative educational tools. Mobile-QS has been implemented to the MATS Project to improve the e- learning technology used.

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Main Concepts First dimension: distance teaching We started by postulating that the universe of instruction consisted of two families of teaching behaviors, which we referred of two families of teaching behaviors, which we referred to as “contiguous teaching” and “distance teaching”. to as “contiguous teaching” and “distance teaching”. Second dimension: learner autonomy and independent study Michael G. Moore University of Wisconsin

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY e-Learning Technology 6 Enea ODL: the first e-learning project of the Ulab in the ENEA. Since the 1999 this service is still on-line with thousands of registered users (ED-MEDIA2002); The Matrix e-Learning Platform: a new generation of on-line e-learning framework that integrates authoring tool, user management, content management and a questioners module (ED-MEDIA2004); The Matrix Multi Platform (MMP): an innovative meta platform to integrate heterogeneous and distributed e-learning contents (E-LEARN2007); The VW-3D: the prototypal web application to make the end-user experience a virtual 3D campus based real learning objects (E-LEARN 2005, ED-MEDIA 2007, E-LEARN 2010, ED-MEDIA 2011).

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Motivations 7 The issue has been to implement a new web application that with a easy to use interface makes the fruition of remote lessons possible in low standard technological contexts The objectives were: to obtain an easy to use online e-learning courses management with the possibility to organize the video lessons in courses, sessions and interviews in a virtual environment; to design simple web pages where video, slide presentation, and asynchronous chat are displayed and synchronized with the real time event and also in a offline mode; to extend the use of the system in a mobile scenario with new experiences.

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Production and dissemination of effective media information: e.g. printed brochures, flyers and participation to national TV/radio programs dealing with renewable resources, environments, international cooperation; Participation at trade fairs, workshops, suitable conferences; Organization of a workshop at an international conference on the MATS project at the end of the project; Creation of the consortium brand; Links to other ongoing project ( OPTS, “Paving the Way for MSP”, etc.). Dissemination Strategy Drawing of a newsletter, issued every 4 months and sent to main stakeholders and interested actors (general public will be able to subscribe to the newsletter through the website); Organization of media events such as press conferences, exhibitions or information days, (for example on the occasion of a project meeting, of a milestones achievement or of an international event/initiative like the EU Sustainable Energy Europe Week – EUSEW ); To organise an e-learning program in a real scenario To disseminate Information & Knowledge about CSP (MATS Project) by means of Mobile e-Learning

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Phase 1 - Work Plan Mobile-QS Workplan 1 2 Action 1 Internal Architecture definition functionality and modules; Action 2 3 Technical specification and functionality; User Requirements analysis, information and contents, search engine definition; Action 3 Mobile-QS Design and implementation 5 Action 4 6 Validation and Usability Testing 1

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile Scenario Personal DB Central DB Advanced Visual Interface - AVI Courses MATRIX CORE SYS ObjectVideos MobileLesson 11 Object My Virtual Space My Real Space My Mobile Virtual Space Mobile-QS (VMS –VCMS) Synchronous Lesson Realtime Mobile-QS (VMS –VCMS) Asynchronous Lesson WiFi Area

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile Scenario Internet network Multimedia Class Room Multimedia Repository Streaming Servers End User (Home, Office, etc.), Expert Remote access via modem 56 kps Global Multimedia Specifications Synchronous/Asynchronous Classrom Systems Internet network Multimedia Class Room 1 Gbs / Gbs Mps Mobile-QS Mobile Video Camera

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Classroom & Mobile Interaction The didactic classroom is equipped with the following devices: 1 Workstation (real time recording); 2 Server (streaming audio/video); 1 notebook, it is used by the speaker and it has the Slidetool (Java ENEA Software); 2/3 videocamera; 1 mixer audio (the audio input management); 1 mixer video (different video sources management); 2 radio-microphones; 1 projector (to visualise the speaker's slides) and a wide screen or 55” LED TV; 1 Smart White Board or LED Touch WhiteBoard 80’’. The remote multimedia classrooms have: 1 Personal Computer (S.O. Windows XP/2007); Internet Explorer 7.0 or sup.; Flash 9 or Real ONE Player basic (free plug-in, etc.), MP4 Videos; Broadband Internet connection as ADSL over 2 MBits; Stereo Speakers.

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Classroom & Mobile Interaction External Teaching Other Teachers Mobile Didactical Organisation Mobile Interaction and e-learning Other students

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile Real Scenario ISS Portal for Depleted Uranium HD - Full HD Resolution

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile Real Scenario Cyber Enterprise for Solar Thermodynamic Application

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY General Architecture

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY DB PORTAL Favourite Queries Internal Architecture Result Display Icons Query Manager Icon Editor Query Generator Query Executor User Data Log in/out Mobile - QS

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS The main modules of QS-Mobile are: Query System (QS), it manages the queries and its related web pages and databases; Mobile Video Conference Module (MVCM), this module manages the users communication by means of a flash open source video streaming conference server; Learning Object Module (LOM), this module manages the e-learning objects (courses and multimedia), it manages the objects, in a e-catalogue, with a metadata descriptor that defines the minimum data set (MDS) of the data collection form (Card); Mobile Visual Interface (MVI), this module manages, by means of a visual representation, the visualization of the e-learning data by functional interactive e-learning objects and the data retrieved from the VCM module; User Management Module (UMM), it manages the user profiling in term of personal data and query collections. This module guarantees the possibility to configure an user area for each registered user. MODULES

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Web Based Document Management System (WBDMS), this module manages the documentation of the courses in relation to the end-user profile and his working-group; News, manages the news areas and the database through a specific form; Newsletter, it manages a newsletter with an integrated authoring tool. Moreover, a specific web site has been designed to collect the newsletter production. Conference & Workshop, this module manages and selects information about the events; Registration and Communication, this module manages the user-login/registration, and network services towards the end-users; Home page, manages the presentation of the project; Search engine, finds the words, keywords, tags in the text with a complex Ranking; Calendar, manages calendar of the internet synchronous lessons; Contacts, manages persons of the organization; Additional MODULES

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Homepage

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY e-Learning: MATRIX LMS Learning Management Systems LMS Learning Management Systems Authoring Tool Index

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS VMS – Video Management Systems

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Interface Video Area Video Area Presentation Area Presentation Area

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Real – Time Virtual Teaching 3D Virtual Object Real Scena Web Cam / HD Video Camera

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS 3D 3D

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS iPhone 3 GS iPhone 4S Motorola RAZR V, Android

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Hardware & Software SERVER BACKUP

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Using Smartphones

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Mobile-QS Homepage Main Menu Mobile-QS Simple Search Result Display and Course CARDs

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Mobile-QS Simple Search Video Lessons and CARDs Mobile-QS Lesson Interface

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Mobile-QS Slide presentation Mobile-QS Video

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY General Course

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Logistics and Infrastructure Health and Safety e-Learning and training Centre’s of excellence Provision of skilled personnel Standards, laws and certifications Mobile infrastructure and applications Airport, Helicopter and other transport and accommodation.. Provision of port facilities Manufacture and installation of anchors and platforms Economy and Costs evaluation Flexible and adaptable Roads Transports and innovative vehicles Provision of installation and maintenance vessels Grid and Transmission Infrastructure Logistic models, optimization and simulations environments Cable laying and seabed grid infrastructure Networks (Internet) ICTs and Web based management applications Logistics and Infrastructure

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Logistics & Infrastructure

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Logistics & Infrastructure

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Logistics & Infrastructure

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QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Logistics & Infrastructure

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QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY References Gerhard G. Et. al., Case Study:European Offshore Wind Farms - A Survey to analyse Experiences and Lessons Learnt by Developers of Offshore Wind Farms, Deutsche WindGuard GmbH). Musial W., NREL, Bonnie Ram, Energetics, Large- Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States, ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS, September Edwards I, Overcoming Challenges for the Offshore Wind Industry and Learning from the Oil and Gas Industry, The Green House, Forrest Estate Dalry, Castle Douglas, DG7 3XS SCOTLAND, UK, Feburary Wilburn David R., Wind Energy in the United States and Materials Required for the Land-Based Wind Turbine Industry From 2010 Through 2030, Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5036U.S. Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey, Cesari F., Siti delle installazione Eoliche Offhore, University of Bologna, Italy, 2010 Other

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY Mobile-QS Conclusions and future works The system has confirmed that a mobile advanced visual representation is really easier to use for large end-user groups. As future features it is planned to provide a completely modular architecture (to add functions easily), to migrate all modules in an unique mobile virtual environment. The system manages 220 courses and over 200 h of video lecturers (2012). The next step is to manage a similar platform that can generate contemporarily video lesson for different devices with personalized configurations. New virtual objects and new mobile applications for iPad e iPhone. The Mobile-QS experience will be extended towards other application domains to provide cooperative works, interactive and advanced simulation environments, the compatibility with standards as SCORM data structures has to be completed. The globalization of this architecture is fundamental to make more usable and users accepted. To design an innovative remote control room to manage with IPs Cameras remote classrooms and their local devices (with-board, classroom servers, etc.). The aim is to make more information available in a 3D structure, WEB 3D oriented, to test the fruition velocity and efficiency of this alternative interface by generic users.

QS Mobile September 2012, Summer School 2012, Rome, ITALY End of the presentation! Thank you for your attention.