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= GENI in the Education =

== Schedule ==

Tuesday 10.30am - 12.30pm

== Session Leaders ==

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== Agenda / Details ==


Introductory comments - Vic (5 mins)
    - GENI as a remote virtual lab
    - instructor resources including training opportunities
    - mailing list for GENI educators


Instructor resources (courseware) (3 speakers, 12 mins each):
    - Fraida Fund: (12 mins)
          Classroom as a service
          MOOCs (how they may be used in the classroom in addition to the community)
    - Mike: GENI-based courseware (12 mins)
          Perhaps arranged in a logical progression---IP Routing, learning switch controller, load balancer (across links, across servers), ...
          Benefits: authoring tools, auto-grading, integrated environment for running experiemnts, collecting measurements and generating reports
     - Jay: GENI-based courseware (12 mins)
          Benefits: Use as exercises or as supplementary material to lectures, complete package: instructions, instructor guide, videos


Instructor experiences: (4 speakers, 15 mins each)
      - ** Prasad Calyam.  Cloud computing classes, large classes
      - Bruce Hartpence. Experiences with classes that are more IT networking oriented than traditional CS networking classes (is this a correct characterization?)
      - Rudra Dutta.  Using GENI in very large class
      - Fraida Fund. DARPA Spectrum Challenge based class assignment


Discussion:
      - Suggestions for course material
      - New GENI functionality that will make life easier for instructors/students
      - Others...including topics that come up at the session.



== Pre-Requisites ==

None