Today at 4pm EST - Immersive Education Platform Ecosystem and Education Grid status and review

> Hi all. Today's event (which was rescheduled from last Friday to today) is
> detailed below, with associated materials on the events Web page (link below).
> It runs from 4-5pm EST and we're scheduled to talk about Croquet/Cobalt shortly
> after 4pm; please feel free to join us for the conversation this afternoon. Aaron
>
> ...........................................................................
> Visit http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/ for this event page,
> meeting materials (such as images and videos) and additional details
> ...........................................................................
>
> WHAT: Platform Ecosystem and Education Grid status and review
> WHEN: FRIDAY April 18, 2008 from 4-5pm EST
> WHERE: Second Life (Splenda: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Splenda/117/210/29)
>
> .:: join the Immersive Education Second Life GROUP for in-world event  ::.
> .:: invitations (see http://immersiveeducation.org/events/#join_group) ::.
>
> Join us in Splenda island (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Splenda/117/210/29) to
> discuss the status of the Immersive Education Platform Ecosystem and Education
> Grid. This January the Immersive Education Initiative announced the Education
> Grid and corresponding Platform Ecosystem. Based upon open source technologies
> and open standards, the Education Grid and Platform Ecosystem will provide
> educators with a comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure for a new generation of
> virtual world learning environments, interactive learning games, and
> simulations. During this meeting baseline requirements for the next generation
> (aka "3rd generation") of Immersive Education platforms and the Education Grid
> will be reviewed.
>
> Materials for this meeting (at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/) include:
>
>   1. ANNOUNCEMENT: Platform Ecosystem and Education Grid
>   2. COBALT: The future Immersive Education end-user application built
>      upon Croquet
>   3. WONDERLAND: Sun's roadmap for Project Wonderland targets Q1 2009 for v1.0
>   4. "CREATE ONCE, EXPERIENCE EVERYWHERE" : Open, platform-neutral formats
>   5. TABLE: Education Grid requirements (draft specification excerpts)
>
> See Meeting Materials at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/ for the materials
> related to this in-world meeting.
>
> This meeting starts at 4pm EST (1pm pacific / Second Life time) and ends at 5pm
> EST, with additional time beyond that allocated to questions and further
> discussion.
>

> On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 16:04 -0400, Aaron E. Walsh wrote:
>> Hi all. Today's event (which was rescheduled from last Friday to today) is
>> detailed below, with associated materials on the events Web page (link below).
>> It runs from 4-5pm EST and we're scheduled to talk about Croquet/Cobalt shortly
>> after 4pm; please feel free to join us for the conversation this afternoon. Aaron
>>
>> ...........................................................................
>> Visit http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/ for this event page,
>> meeting materials (such as images and videos) and additional details
>> ...........................................................................
>>
>> WHAT: Platform Ecosystem and Education Grid status and review
>> WHEN: FRIDAY April 18, 2008 from 4-5pm EST
>> WHERE: Second Life (Splenda: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Splenda/117/210/29)
>>
>> .:: join the Immersive Education Second Life GROUP for in-world event  ::.
>> .:: invitations (see http://immersiveeducation.org/events/#join_group) ::.
>>
>> Join us in Splenda island (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Splenda/117/210/29) to
>> discuss the status of the Immersive Education Platform Ecosystem and Education
>> Grid. This January the Immersive Education Initiative announced the Education
>> Grid and corresponding Platform Ecosystem. Based upon open source technologies
>> and open standards, the Education Grid and Platform Ecosystem will provide
>> educators with a comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure for a new generation of
>> virtual world learning environments, interactive learning games, and
>> simulations. During this meeting baseline requirements for the next generation
>> (aka "3rd generation") of Immersive Education platforms and the Education Grid
>> will be reviewed.
>>
>> Materials for this meeting (at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/) include:
>>
>>   1. ANNOUNCEMENT: Platform Ecosystem and Education Grid
>>   2. COBALT: The future Immersive Education end-user application built
>>      upon Croquet
>>   3. WONDERLAND: Sun's roadmap for Project Wonderland targets Q1 2009 for v1.0
>>   4. "CREATE ONCE, EXPERIENCE EVERYWHERE" : Open, platform-neutral formats
>>   5. TABLE: Education Grid requirements (draft specification excerpts)
>>
>> See Meeting Materials at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/events/ for the materials
>> related to this in-world meeting.
>>
>> This meeting starts at 4pm EST (1pm pacific / Second Life time) and ends at 5pm
>> EST, with additional time beyond that allocated to questions and further
>> discussion.
>>
> Thank you for posting this Aaron.
> I read through the current material and all the proceeding material.  It
> helped me to see that most of what I thought about was already in the
> process.  The transformation of formats is really a major challenge.  I
> have adapted code from one processor and system to another several
> times.  I understand the non-trivial nature of the conversion, and the
> issues surrounding how to gather enough information from one environment
> to render something equivalent in another.  The decision requires
> somewhat creative thought.  One of the gentlemen earlier on either
> Croquet or the Linux list created a neural net simulation called
> "SimBrain" which is available on the web, and was interested in driving
> avatars using cogent analysis of the environment.  It appears to me that
> the means available through Croquet-Cobalt would meet his needs quite
> well, and he may be able to provide some useful insight as to the
> conversion process as well.
>
> The largest issue of conversion comes from the differing methods of
> input used to generate the requisite output.  This refers to things like
> vector syntax, Coordinate order, device design (in this case Avatars and
> fixed mode environment items as well as the more complex issues such as
> fractals used to generate complex active elements (think of tree leaves
> for example), to the more mundane things as the representations of mass,
> gravity, fluids, resistance coefficients, and other environmental
> conditions.  A particular object has syntax representing these
> attributes, and are expressed in units particular to the means of
> expression.  Basically a conversion must render the expression, then
> re-express the result in the new system syntax.  This will give the most
> reliable result with the greatest portability.  However, there will be
> issues that are not represented well in one system or the other.  In
> those instances either a person (with considerable knowledge of the
> software and environment on both sides), or an intelligent software
> amanuensis to arbitrate the requirements successfully.
>
> One method is to use an IDE in the early stages with capable people
> making the decisions, and software recording the changes along with the
> information sought to make the change adequate, and some way to
> terminate the learning when the change is accurate, complete and
> successful, along with means to record the efforts that lead to
> unsuccessful processes, so that false paths could be avoided and good
> results more often obtained.
>
> Just some thoughts based on prior experience.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
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