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A Journey Towards Digital Learning Environment
Gerrit Bahlman, Ricky Cheong, David Chiu
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1937 1947 1972 1994
Government Trade School
Hong Kong Technical College
The Hong Kong Polytechnic
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Our Motto To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind
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BackgroundEstablished in 1937
6 Faculties, 2 Schools and 2 Centres
161 Programmes
2,800+ Research projects
Largest University population in Hong Kong 30,000+ students 6,000+ staff 350,000+ Alumni
Smallest Campus Area 9.46-hectare
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Digital transformation strategies
Knowledge Organisation
Digital Learning
Digital Research
Services & Operational Excellence
Digital Workspace
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Digital Workspace - Why?Space Limitation –
2.6m2 / user
Mobility– city is the study space
Accessibility – China great firewall and poor connection
Affordability –expensive software &
hardware
Cyber attacks –protection of data
Preparing for the Pandemic – Business
Continuity
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Challenges - Space Limitation
2.6m2 / user
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Challenges – The City is the study space
Study anywhere, anytime, with any
device
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Challenges – The City is the study space
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Challenges – Access to applications
Students from Mainland China
PolyU Campus(Hong Kong)
Students from Overseas
PolyU Hybrid Cloud
Fast connection
Accessibility
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Challenges – Affordable, Consistent Applications
Affordability
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Challenges – Cyber Attack Threats
Protection
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The PolyU Digital Learning Environment
The Digital Workspace Concept
Anytime, Anywhere, Any device
Scalable Cloud Solution
Information Security High availability design
Endpoint management & protection
Automatic Data backup
User Self-recovery
vApp
vPrinting
Cloud Storage
vDesk
Access from your own Device
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Key Principle
Students First
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Design Philosophy
Mobility
Access
Affordability
High Performance
Security -Data Protection
Consistent User Experience
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Digital Workspace Journey
Ideation
Proof of Concept
Pilot Program
Detailed Design
Massive Deployment
Continious Service
Improvement
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Scale of Deployment
First global virtual deployment of Win10
Largest deployment in Asia students (30,000+)
staff (6,000+)
High Performance Infrastructure All flash storage (SSD)
High-end industry grade servers
Full campus WiFi coverage (802.11ac wave 2 standard)
City wide WiFi access points
Library of virtual applications
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Introductory video
https://youtu.be/xxfkppvNNy0
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Challenges and Lesson Learnt
• Information Security and Data Privacy Issue
• Academic Freedom
• Software Licensing Control
• User Experience Design
• User Expectation Management
• New Operating Model
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Information Security and Data Privacy Issue
Information Security
BYOD (Untrust)
PolyU vDesk
Applications
Data
Data Privacy
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Academic Freedom
Principle
Our user always has the right to use any application in a safe environment
Facilitation & Protection
User Classification
Self-service centre
Protection & Monitor
• General (Default)
• Administrator
• Temporary
• Permanently
• Applications Pool
• No administrator right required
• Active Directory
• Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager (Baseline protection)
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Software Licensing Control
Software License
Pool
Open Source Software
Campus wide Agreement
Departments Purchased
License Consolidation
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User Experience Design
User Experience
Omni Channel
Unified Experience
High Performance
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User Expectation Management
Experimental Improvement
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New Operating Model
New Operating Model
Operating Model
VDI Frame Management
Storage Management
VDI Image Management
App Management
Monitoring and
Reporting
User Support , Training
and Promotion
New Roles and Responsibility Matrix
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1.1Conduct research and make recommendation on VDI products,
services, and standards in support of the infrastructureA,R C C,I C I
1.2Partner with the EA group to define, execute, and maintain the
Enterprise Infrastructure Technology Roadmap A,R C C,I C I
1.3Initial implementation/evaluation of pilot or proof of concept of
new, emerging technologies, and major upgradesA,R C,R C,R C,R
1.4Identify, recommend, design, and implement cost-effective VDI
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1.5Project future computing capacity requirements to meet business
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1.6Research, architect, deploy, and manage third party tools related
to the VDI server infrastructureA,R R C,I C I
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Current and future developments
Virtual departmental laboratory (vLab)
Single Sign On to all internal systems
Support for Learning Analytics beyond the LMS
Inter-institutional collaboration
Integration of vSCC and online learning
Watching new technologiesBlockchain
BOT
Machine Learning