TAKING COMPREHENSIVE DISTANCE-FLEXIBLE LEARNING TO THE NEXT LEVELTAKING COMPREHENSIVE DISTANCE-FLEXIBLE LEARNING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Prof. Dr. Karim ZerhouniChief Information OfficerHead of Sciences Division

Prof. Dr. Karim ZerhouniChief Information OfficerHead of Sciences Division

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Overarching Vision

course delivery to enable learning anywhere at anytime and promote self-learning at the student’s own pace.

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a more flexible learning system that leverages space and collaboration fitting the new Campus underlying architectural motto.

all our enterprise systems to enable university wide resource planning and be able to determine costs with more granularity and precision than ever before.

that technology becomes an enabler and a commodity in all aspects of University Life.

Strategic Initiatives

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New Campus network redesign to enable converged technology services

SAP implementation and business transformation

“Bring Your Own Device” implementation

Integrated services Universal access and banking solution Card for students, faculty and staff

New course evaluation policy (and the justification for needing it) for the Division of Applied Sciences.

Virtual classroom and Virtual course delivery solution

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Course Ev.

OCIO projects of 2014-2015

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New Campus network design enabling converged technology services

SAP implementation and business transformation

“Bring Your Own Device” implementation

Integrated services Universal access and banking solution Card for students, faculty and staff

New course evaluation policy for the Division of Applied Sciences and University wide in 2015.

Virtual classroom and Virtual course delivery solution

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AUCA Ng

AUCA Ng

Adobe ConnectAdobe

Connect

BYODBYOD

UIDCUIDC

SAPSAP

Campus extensionCampus

extension

Course evaluation

Course evaluation

UIDCBYODAdobe ConnectSAPLAN extension

Universal Access Components

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Centralized AAA

Identity Based Networking is achieved through full SAP integration between Finance&Control, Human Capital Management, Material Management, Access, Student Lifecycle Management and Virtual Classroom Management

Centralized Data Secure Network Availability

Resource Virtualization

Universal ID

Active Directory

SAP Unified Database

802.1X, VLANs, ACLs

Virtual Desktops via

Citrix XenDesktop

QoS, Redundancy

BYOD and guest supportRFID

Universal ID and Active Directory

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Centralized AAA Centralized Data Secure Network Availability

Resource Virtualization

Universal ID

Active Directory

Linked to all banking services

VISA debit card usable on or off campus

Campus/Building/Room access even after hours

Library book checkout

Well established redundancy

Integrated authentication via LDAP, RADIUS

Content updated through near real-time SAP synchronization

RFID

SAP Unified Database

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Centralized AAA Centralized Data

SAP Unified Database

Universal ID

Active Directory

① SAP Driven Service Provisioning

HR

FINANCE LIBRARY

REGISTRAR PROPERTY

③ Generates dynamic groups in Active Directory

② All user data is originated here Including AD login and user RFID code

Granular access to services After hours facility access for faculty Virtual room access for class-registered students Department-only special application access

Based on class, department, and other roles

Secure Network Availability

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Centralized AAA Centralized Data Secure Network Availability

Resource Virtualization

802.1X, VLANs, ACLs

QoS, Redundancy

BYOD and guest support

① Wireless access using 802.1XSupports BYOD and guest access

Dynamic VLANs assigned based on AD groups

Seamless hand-off between Access Points

③ Granular Quality of Service (QoS)

Limited bandwidth for guests

Guaranteed services for important users

② VLAN driven access control listsBoth standard and time-based ACLs

Comprehensive e-Learning

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Centralized AAA

② Desktop virtualization is only one important component of universal access

Centralized Data Secure Network Availability

Resource Virtualization

Virtual Desktops via

Citrix XenDesktop

Virtual Class

Virtual Class

Physical Class

Physical Class

E-LearningE-Learning

① E-Learning requires collaboration (virtual classrooms) and universal access.

Virtual Desktops at AUCA: Citrix

XenDesktopVirtual Desktops

via Citrix XenDesktop

Virtual Classrooms at AUCA:

Adobe Connect

AUCA-Ng : OVERARCHING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

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Questions?

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