TY - GEN
T1 - Model-Driven-Design of NREn Bridging Application
T2 - 44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
AU - Saay, Salim
AU - Margaria, Tiziana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are dedicated networks that provide a backbone for the collaboration and data exchange between academic organizations. However, the lack of a domain-specific bridging application, lack of interoperability and data integration are serious challenges in educational technologies, hampering collaboration and resource sharing even within existing agreements. NRENs are cost-effective backbones of large scale networks aimed to deliver convergence and promote educational opportunities beyond individual institutions. In this paper we prototype an inter-organization bridging application based on an abstract NREN architecture based on a broker pattern. The ability to communicate is also an essential precondition for the easy adoption of Open Education Resources. The motivating case study is the Afghanistan Research and Educational Network (AfgREN). To enhance ease of adoption, adaptation, and evolution, the prototype is designed following an eXtreme Model-Driven Development (XMDD) paradigm, using a low-code development environment for modelling data, processes, user interfaces in an agile rapid prototyping fashion. We generalize the results to the (federated) collaboration of regional and global NRENs, to enable the delivery of easy collaboration, data integration, high accessibility, and resource sharing across educational organizations on a national and cross-national level.
AB - National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are dedicated networks that provide a backbone for the collaboration and data exchange between academic organizations. However, the lack of a domain-specific bridging application, lack of interoperability and data integration are serious challenges in educational technologies, hampering collaboration and resource sharing even within existing agreements. NRENs are cost-effective backbones of large scale networks aimed to deliver convergence and promote educational opportunities beyond individual institutions. In this paper we prototype an inter-organization bridging application based on an abstract NREN architecture based on a broker pattern. The ability to communicate is also an essential precondition for the easy adoption of Open Education Resources. The motivating case study is the Afghanistan Research and Educational Network (AfgREN). To enhance ease of adoption, adaptation, and evolution, the prototype is designed following an eXtreme Model-Driven Development (XMDD) paradigm, using a low-code development environment for modelling data, processes, user interfaces in an agile rapid prototyping fashion. We generalize the results to the (federated) collaboration of regional and global NRENs, to enable the delivery of easy collaboration, data integration, high accessibility, and resource sharing across educational organizations on a national and cross-national level.
KW - AfgREN
KW - DIME
KW - Moodle
KW - OER Collaboration
KW - XMDD
KW - eLearning
KW - lowcode application development
KW - scalable open architectures for eLearning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094106925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.00-39
DO - 10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.00-39
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85094106925
T3 - Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
SP - 1522
EP - 1527
BT - Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
A2 - Chan, W. K.
A2 - Claycomb, Bill
A2 - Takakura, Hiroki
A2 - Yang, Ji-Jiang
A2 - Teranishi, Yuuichi
A2 - Towey, Dave
A2 - Segura, Sergio
A2 - Shahriar, Hossain
A2 - Reisman, Sorel
A2 - Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 13 July 2020 through 17 July 2020
ER -
