Keynote Presentations

Abstract

Schools and universities around the world are beginning to recognize the value of institutional and learner-produced data as a means of improving learner success and as a means toward more effective decision making by educators and institutional leaders. Learning management systems, student information systems, and related system-wide platforms are introducing analytics functionality to their suites. Educators have an important opportunity to engage in the learning analytics discussion in order to develop tools that serve the learning process and are informed by the latest research in learning sciences. Two criteria are important in the development of learning analytics: 1) Open tools and algorithms, 2) An architecture for extending functionality through additional tools with detailed dashboards for visualization. This presentation will introduce the Learning Analytics Open Architecture - an international project focused on creating the "Wordpress or Moodle of learning analytics". The vision behind the project, the need for an open architecture extensible through widgets, and intended collaborative research projects will be detailed.

Bio

George Siemens is writer, theorist, speaker, educator, and researcher on learning, networks, technology, analytics and visualization, openness, and organizational effectiveness in digital environments. He is the author of Knowing Knowledge, an exploration of how the context and characteristics of knowledge have changed and what it means to organizations today, and the Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning. Siemens is currently a researcher and strategist with the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. Knowing Knowledge has been translated into Mandarin, Spanish, and Hungarian. Previously, he was the Associate Director, Research and Development, with the Learning Technologies Centre at University of Manitoba.
Siemens has pioneered open connectivist courses that have included over 10,000 educators and students as participants. He is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences detailing the influence of technology and media on education, organizations, and society, having presented at conferences in more than 30 countries. His work has been profiled in provincial, national, and international newspapers, radio, and television. Siemens has maintained the elearnspace blog (www.elearnspace.org/blog) for eleven years and www.connectivism.ca for six years.

Abstract

China attaches high importance to cloud computing and its development. Believing cloud computing to be a major part of the next-generation information technology, it is eager to promote R&D and model application of cloud computing. Cloud computing is a network of computing resources—located just about anywhere—that can be shared. They bring to education a range of options not found in traditional IT models. In many cases, free for schools and universities that need to upgrade legacy systems and expand services. The cloud helps ensure that students, teachers, faculty, parents, and staff have on-demand access to critical information using any device from anywhere. Both public and private institutions can use the cloud to deliver better services, even as they work with fewer resources. By sharing IT services in the cloud, the education institution can outsource noncore services and better concentrate on offering students, teachers, faculty, and staff the essential tools to help them succeed.

CV

Name: Hongqing GAO (Mr)               

Education:
September 2001—June 2004: PhD in Educational Technology,East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
September 1985—January 1988: MSc in Computer Science, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
September 1979—June 1983: BSc in Applied Mathematics, Henan Normal University, Henan, China

Work Experience:
1999—Present Professor, Head of Network Center
1994—1999 Deputy Head, Dept. of Computer Science
1988—1994 Lecturer Henan Normal University

Research Interests: Computer Network, Cloud Computing

Main Research Projects in recent years:
2009—Present, Research on Campus Network Personalized Service, Henan Education Science Planning Project.
2008—Present, Personalized Service System in Higher Education Based on Cloud Computing, Henan Higher Education Research Project
2008—2010 Research on Key Technology in Grid Portal, Henan Science Research Project
2008—2009 Research on Grid Portal Application ,Henan Network Open laboratory ResearchFund Project
2006—2009, Research on the Grid Technology Digital Campus Application, Henan Education Informatization Project
2003-2005 Research on Grid-based Distance Learning
Funned by Henan Science Foundation Committee，second award of Henan scientific and technological Progress

Selected Publications:
1. H.Gao, X.Wang, A Distance Learning System Is Designed Based on the Globus Toolkit, China Educational Technology, 2009.2 P101-105
2. H.Gao, X.Wang, Network group Learning and Constructing Model, China Educational Technology, 2009.5 , P59-63
3. H.Gao, X.Wang, The Information and Data Modeling Study in OGSA Grid, Application Research of Computers, 2009.8(Vol. 26 of 8), P3119-3124
4. H.Gao, H.Wang,The Teaching Resources Integration and Implementation Based on Cloud Storage, Modern Educational Technology,2010.3, vol.20, P97-101
5. H.Gao, Research on Mobile Learning Model Based on Hadoop, China Educational Technology,2011.1, 258,P124-128
6. H.Gao, Modern Distance Education Theory and Application, Science Press, May 2007
7. H.Gao, Anti-spam System Based on Cloud Computing , Journal of Henan Normal University(Natural Science) March 2011,vol.39 ,Number 2,P141-144
8. H.Gao,Y.Ying,An Economic Model for Multi-Resource Transaction in Grid Environment，2009 International Conference on New Trends in Information and Service Science，P58-62，Beijing, China，30 June - 2 July 2009
9. H.Gao,H.Hao,Design and Implementation of Educational Resources Grid Portal Based on JSF，2009 Second International Symposium on Knowledge Acquisition,P11-15,Wuhan,China,30 November 2009-1 December 2009
10. H.gao,P.Wang,Exploring Social Annotations for elearning ，Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, CSSE 2008 ，December 12, 2008 - December 14, 2008 ，P222-225
 

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