These slides were presented during the Up2U webinar for NRENs (30 September 2019)

1. Up2University
Bridging the gap...
Erik Kikkenborg
NORDUnet
Webinar for NRENs, 30 September 2019

2. Webinar agenda
Introduction – Erik Kikkenborg
How NRENs can benefit from Up2U?
Summary of NREN’s educational activities and services survey –
Gyöngyi Horváth
What are the tools in NGDLE? – Michal Zimniewicz
What are the pilots?
Models of engagement of new NRENs into project activities –
Raimundas Tuminauskas
Next actions: How to get engaged? – Barbara Tóth
Questions, Feedback and future contacts
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3. www.up2university.eu 3

4. Objective
The “Up to University” (Up2U) Project aims to bridge the gap
between secondary schools and universities by providing
European schools with a Next Generation Digital Learning
Environment (NGDLE) that helps high school teachers equip
their students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they will
need to succeed at university and beyond.
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Up2U Consortium
18 partners
• Universities
• NRENs
• Infrastructure providers
• Commercials
12 countries
• EU
• Switzerland
• Israel

6. at school
on the goin library in museum at home
’Always-on’ education
FORMAL LEARNING SPACE INFORMAL LEARNING SPACE
SIS
LOR
Assessment
LMS
Attend
Search
Share
Create
U p 2 U E C O S Y S T E M
INFRASTRUCTURE
eduOER aggregation
Sync&Share ownCloud
WiFi eduroam TO UNIVERSITY

7. TNC18Intelligent networks, cool edges?

8. Skills for Academic Learners
Up2U approach
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication & Collaboration
Information, Media & Technology Literacy
Self-Direction
Learning to learn
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9. Up2U teaching models,
methodologies and tools
Project Based Learning (Trello, wikis)
Place-Based Learning Education (Treasure hunt)
Experiential Learning (CernBox)
Flipped Classroom (WebRTC, SeLCont, eduOER)
Scenario-based learning (H5P)
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10. What users can do with Up2U
An authenticated course creation in Up2U platform
Multi-disciplinary courses
Recording a lecture
Uploading a lecture & making assignments
Interactive video creation and exercises
Creation, storage and usage of open educational content in
Up2U repository
Virtual room communication
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11. Up2U Continuous Professional
Development
Three main Phases for the Up2U Professional Development
Phase One – Introduction to ecosystem
Phase Two – Hands on Experience and students involvement
Phase Three – “Train theTrainer”
Nine pilot countries in Up2U Professional Development program
Combination of technology and pedagogy
Combination of skills, educational needs, technological tools
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12. Added value of Up2U
Up2U for NRENs
You can enrich your service portfolio and provide a learning platform
for your teaching and learning community!
Easy login with SSO! Trusted solution.
Our solution is GDPR friendly by design.
Have it your way:
Central Up2U instance
National on-prem instance
Internet connection is the only prerequisite of this platform.
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13. Added value of Up2U
Up2U for universities
Up2U drives up your enrolments with students ready for higher
education.
Up2U reduces the dropout rate due to unexpected skills and
technical requirements.
Up2U for collaborators (companies, content providers)
Up2U gives you access to schools and provide a trusted and secure
delivery vehicle for your content.
Up2U gives you community feedback on your content and services
via advanced learning analytics.
Up2U provides an international network of users.
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14. Get involved!
1. Come and experiment with the Up2U NGDLE in the cloud
Distributed private cloud installation at PSNC-Poland, GWDG-
Germany and GRNET-Greece.
2. Integrate components and functionalities into your LMS
Github & Dockerhub images, automated deployment and
configuration, documentation and support
3. Take the entire open-source platform and deploy it on-prem or
in your preferred cloud
Integrated software stack in Docker containers
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15. NREN’s educational
technologies
Gyöngyi Horváth
GÉANT

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17. NRENs educational activities and
services survey
OBJECTIVES
Create an overview of NRENs educational activities and
services
Identify common goals to work together
Identify common challenges
Create a global vision and strategy
Put in place a working group to drive these efforts
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18. Educational services & activities
of NRENs
Additional activities and services beyond connectivity (fiber,
network, wifi) to supporting educational institutions with their
technological evolution: innovation challenges and
opportunities.
Targeting:
Teaching & learning communities
Educational institutions
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19. 19 |
NREN responsesNREN provide educational services

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15
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DID NOT RESPOND NO YES
NRENs provide educational
services beyond connectivity

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Educational staff
training
Digital Learning
Environment
Open badges,
digital
credentialling
Logistical
Support for
education
Transnational
education
Online, blended
and remote
delivery of
education in
home NREN
country
Providing e-
Content
Inhouse built
tools by your
NREN for digital
learning
Learning
Analytics
Digital
assessment and
testing
Educational services
Educational staff
training
Digital Learning
Environment
Open badges,
digital
credentialling
Online, blended
and remote
delivery of
education in
home NREN
country
Providing e-
Content
Learning
Analytics

22. 22 |
Service level
Initiative
level
Project level
Informal joint exploration of an idea by an expert group. In
most cases there is some investment to explore this initiative
further, supporting the NREN’s participation in this initiative.
Formal joint follow up of an initiative with a
project owner and a budget.
An integrated service
implemented by the NREN.
Educational service levels

23. 23 |
Digital
learning
environment
Logistical
support for
education
Online, blended
and remote
delivery of
education in the
home NREN
country
Providing e-
Content
Learning
analytics
Digital
assessment
and testing
Educational staff
skills training
Open badges,
digital
credentialing
Transnational
education (delivery
of your national
education overseas)
Inhouse built tools by your
NREN for digital learning
Albania
Armenia did not respond
Austria Do not provide
Azerbaijan N/A
Belarus No - Out of scope
Belgium No - But interested
Bulgaria Yes - Initiative level
Croatia Yes - Project level
Cyprus Yes - Service level
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Nordics

24. 24 |
Educational services per NREN
and their levels
Albania (2)
Armenia (7)
Croatia (8)
Denmark (2)
Estonia (1)
Finland (5)
France (1)
Georgia (3)
Hungary (4)
Israel (3)
Italy (4)
Lithuania (2)
Moldova (2)
Montenegro (6)
Netherlands (8)
Norway (4)
Poland (10)
Portugal (7)
Slovenia (6)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (3)
Ukraine (2)
United Kingdom (9)
Digital learning environment
Logistical support for education
Online, blended and remote delivery of
education in the home NREN country
Providing e-Content
Learning analytics
Digital assessment and testing
Educational staff skills training
Open badges, digital credentialing

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Israel
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KingdomDenm
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Italy
1 - initiative
2 - project
3 - service
Digital learning environment
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1
2
3
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Estonia
Finland
France
Portugal
Slovenia
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Poland
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Online, blended and remote delivery of education in the
home NREN country
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1
2
3
Denm
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Israel
M
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N
etherlandsSlovenia
Sw
eden
U
nited
Kingdom
Arm
enia
CroatiaH
ungary
Italy
Poland
FinlandM
oldova
1 - initiative
2 - project
3 - service
Providing e-Content
0
1
2
3
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Kingdom
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Poland
Arm
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Croatia
Finland
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Learning analytics

26. TF-EDU Main objective
The Task Force aims to establish collaborations across the
education sector on commonly identified topic areas, providing
a coordinated approach to improve NREN educational services
and activities.
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27. You want to get more involved?
Join us 4-5 November 2019 at the next NREN educational
technologies workshop in Budapest, Hungary!
Register here:
https://eventr.geant.org/events/3146
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28. Up2U NGDLE and Pilots?
Michal Zimniewicz
PSNC, Poland

29. Up2U Application Toolbox
Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
Learning Management System
Content
Collaborative Editing and Doc Sharing
Real-Time Interactions
Recording & Publishing
Learning Analytics
Open Badges
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From a Walled Garden...
...to an Open Garden
Tool
A
LMS
Tool
B
Tool
C
Tool
D
Tool
E
Tool
A
LMS
Tool
B
Tool
C
Tool
D
Tool
E
Tool
A
Tool
LMS
Tool
B
Tool
C
Tool
D
Tool
E
LMS-based
architecture
Transitional
architecture
NGDLE architecture
Learning
Analytic
s
Learning
Analytic
s
Learning
Analytic
s

31. Single Sign-On
30/09/19 31PCSS, 04.02.2019

32. CERNBox – File Sync&Share
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33. Knockplop, Multiparty Meeting
30/09/19 33PCSS, 04.02.2019

34. SWAN – Jupyter Notebooks
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35. H5P – Interactive quizzes and assignments
30/09/19 35PCSS, 04.02.2019

36. EduOER – Content across multiple repositories
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37. DSpace – Share and reuse OER
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38. Poddium – Personal Video Recorder
38PCSS, 04.02.2019

39. SeLCont – Online Synchronised Lectures
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40. Learning Management Systems
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41. Learning Analytics
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42. Learning Analytics
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Learning records

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Microservices architecture
Containerized deployment
Architecture – Containers

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Orchestration
Containers
Servers
Architecture – Orchestration

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GitHub.com/up2university

47. Pilot – Definition
Students using the Up2U NGDLE
Students – to practice their key competences
The Up2U project – to improve our services
Teacher training, Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Official certification in some countries
„Soft” CPD
Training materials for self-start – up2university.eu/tutorials/
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Pilot Countries

49. Pilots – Current status
Country
Teacher trainings Pilots
Schools Teachers Schools Students
Greece 10 80 5 50
Hungary 8 66 3 42
Italy 79 100 6 72
Lithuania 185 341 133 15.000
Poland 26 47 11 300
Portugal 7 50 1 20
Spain 6 17 1 100
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50. Minimum Viable Product
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Build
Measure
Learn
MVP
Data
Idea
Code

51. Engagement of NRENs
Raimundas Tuminauskas
PSNC, Poland

52. UP2U pilot for NRENS
Open for any interested NREN
Free until the end of the project
Based on the fully hosted solution, independent possible
Limited scalability
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Support
Training
Knowledge
Pilot community
Toolkit and services
Pedagogical scenarios
NREN
Service
adaptation
Content
MoUHosted service
platform
Hosted infrastructure

53. For Pilot:
- Contact point
- Motivation
- Potential No. of schools and
students
- Requirements for training and
support
Pilot how to ?
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1. Contact the Up2U team
For production:
- Contact point
- Desired scalability

54. 3rd party3rd party
NRENs in education sector
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NREN
Services
Content
Connectivity
Type 1
NREN
Services
Connectivity
Type 2
3rd party
Content
Connectivity
3rd party3rd party
NREN
Network transit
Type 3
3rd party
Content
Connectivity
Services

55. NREN engagement scenarios
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Support
Training
Knowledge
NREN
Services
Content
Infrastructure
Support
Training
Knowledge
Services
NREN
Services
Content
Hosted
Infrastructure
MoU
Contract
Service
provider
Integrator

56. 3rd party
NREN engagement scenarios
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Support
Training
Knowledge
NREN
Services
Content
Infrastructure
MoU
Referrer
Referal

57. Cost structure for NRENs
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NREN service portfolio
Infrastructure
Costs
(Funding)
Services
Additional
Costs
Support
Training
Deployment
Other costs
1. Additional cost model
NREN service portfolio
Infrastructure
Costs
(Funding)
Full costs
2. Full cost model
Dedicated
infrastructure
Services

58. How to get engaged?
Barbara Tóth
KIFÜ, Hungary

59. Goal: get engaged!
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60. What worked for us so far?
Top-down approach
Approach schools via
local/ central
governments.
Explain them why this
solution would be useful in
their classrooms.
Bottom up approach:
Reach out to schools,
principals, teachers
Organize local
workshops/conferences
/training.
Accredited trainings are
appreciated!
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61. How can we help?
General Flyer
IT Security Flyers
Roll-up
Promotional video
Poster (general)
Poster (NREN focus)
Introductory slides to the project
All these materials are accessible via the wiki page of the webinar!
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62. Project website
The primary platform we use is the project website:
www.up2university.eu
Under the „Contact us“ we included the national coordiantors,
so interested parties can put a face next to a contact. Here, we
also indicated the pilot schools on a map.
We are would be happy to inlcude contacts of NRENs who are
not part of the consortium.
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63. Social media presence
Up2U is present on multiple social media platforms. We use
#Up2U and #Up2Universe hashtags.
Please follow us on:
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64. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
QUESTIONS?
contact@lists.up2university.eu
#up2universe
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65. We’d like to get some
feedback!
Please go to www.menti.com!
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