2008. 10. 31

U-Learning Solution Development

with OSS Platform

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Contents

I. Why U-Learning Services?

II. U-Learning Solutions

III. Case : Value Chain alignment project

IV. Challenges and Opportunities

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Why U-Learning Services?

Distributed

Computing

� Telecommunication &

Information Access

� Distributed Security

Mobile

Computing

�Mobile Network &

Information Access

� Location Recognition

Portable

Computing

� Network Interoperability

� Context Awareness

� Intelligent Application

Ubiquitous

Computing

� Smart Space &

Ubiquitous Access

� Active Computing

Progression of the U

biquitous Age

Technology Paradigm Shift

present

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• Community for contents

• Contents by anyone

Web 1.0• Contents for Community

• Contents developed by few

Web 2.0

①Wikipedia

③Mesh-up

Google earth

② UCC

Why U-Learning Services? Digital Innovation Trend

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Real World

Computing & Networked Device

Internet

Connectivity

Virtual World

Information

Generator

Why U-Learning Services? Convergence & Web Evolution

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Television PMP (Portable Media Player) DMB(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)

Interactive phone

USB MPP

HHP

Portable devices

iPods

Why U-Learning Services? Education with various media

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Why U-Learning Services? E-Learning & U-Learning

E-Learning U-Learning

“The education utopia supporting that anyone can study anytime, anywhere,

conveniently as the way people want” (Ministry of Education in Korea, 2004)

NetworkMainly PC

Portable mobile device

(cf. PDA, Mobile Tablet PC )

Attached portable

(wearable, body attached)

computing device

Behavior Separate Online & Offline StudyNetworked Online & Offline Study

using sensors/ chip/ tag/ label

SpaceFixed, Physical space

� Cyber space

Movable, Physical space

= Cyber space

(On-off blended space)

TechInternet, Web based on

Wired & limited wireless Network

Wireless Internet, Augmented

Realty, Virtual Reality, Web

presence, Context awareness

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U-Learning Solutions with OSS Platform

Learning Management System

Server + Web portalServer + Web portal

Peripherals

e-Board, Projector, TVe-Board, Projector, TV

Teacher oriented

SchoolBook

Contents & ViewerContents & Viewer

U-Learning Device

Hardware terminalHardware terminal

Student oriented OSS

Platform

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U-Learning Solutions with OSS Platform

Client-sideClient-side

Digital book viewer

(SchoolBook)Communication

Image

digitalizationPaging

Drawing

& writing

Browser

(Mozilla Firefox)

RCP(Rich Client Platform)

SCORMDivu

/SVG

Device

Algebra EnglishOther

subject

Other

subject

Linux

BatteryTouch

screen

Network

driver

DownsizingDevice

driver

Install

master

Server-sideServer-side

Service

Application

Hardware

/OS

Portal

(u-Classroom)

LMSStudent

mgmt

Class

mgmt

Comm

mgmt

Study

mgmt

Linux Server (RedHat)

AJAXWeb Standard

(CSS, DOM)SOA

Web Container (JBoss) DBMS (Oracle)

IBM Z pro series - Z30

Contents

Middle

- ware

Contents development tool

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Case : Linux based U-Learning Project

WirelessAP

eBoard

Class server

(Teacher PC)

Ministry of Education

Home

Gateway

HomeNWController DTV

At home

Internet

3rd party of contents provider

U-Learning Device

Scopes

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Case : Linux based U-Learning Project Wish Lists

High performance (cf. CPU)

Multiple I/O port

Battery Power

Portability

Appropriate UI & Display for digital book

Affordable price

Strong and durable hardware

Wish-list for HW

Teachers

Students

ParentsMultiple devices adoption

Flexibility of application add-on

Interoperability(various OS & browsers)

Scalable content & image resizing

environment

Real-time communication between

teachers and students

Wish-list for SW

Interactivity with students’ device

Automatic historical data management for

class

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Case : Linux based Learning Project Solution Values

• OSMU (One Source Multi Use) supporting multi-devices based

on SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic), complying W3C Standards

(cf. PC, Home automation panel, TV, and mobile device)

• Easy add-on of internal/external services based on SOA

(Service Oriented Architecture) middleware

(cf. New educational contents, Healthcare, Entertainment,

Smartcard application)

• Platform independent and customized OS optimized only for

educational purpose using Open Source SW

- Linux embedded XP & MS Window using basic library

- Mozilla Firefox & MS IE using web2.0 standard

Real-time

Interactivity

Interoperability

& customizability

Flexibility &

Reusability

Scalability

& Connectivity

U-Learning

Solutions

• On-class study system

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Challenges and Opportunities

Tutoring club & franchise

Enterprise employee education department

(School) book publish house

City developer

Private

education

Private education institutionPrivate education institution

Major target

Secondary target

� Video/audio based real-time

online class

� Collaborative joint class between

school from different location

� On class-statistics information

� Interactive feedback between

teachers and students

� Student care program

� Self-study & personalized study

planning

On-off blended

schooling system

University

Continuing education center

Ministry of educationMinistry of education

Civil servant education center

Public

education School (K1-12)School (K1-12)

Pre-school

Possible Clients

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Challenges and Opportunities

Project with OSSChallenges

� User-Friendly

UI compared to MS

� Standard Tool

Development

� Various Device SW

Rapidly changed &

added HW

� Performance

Opportunities

� Affordable Priced Device

like $100 laptop

� Digital Mania

� Digital Life

� Less Cost

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Closing