Asi@Connect DLE Project- fDLuDCf by BdREN and NORDUnet Kick off Workshop - Asi@Connect DLE Project- fDLuDCf by BdREN and NORDUnet

Kick off Workshop

Proceedings of Kick-off Workshop on
FACILITATING DISTANCE LEARNING USING DIGITAL CONFERENCING FACILITY
[ WP5-A@C Project: BdREN ]
25-27 September 2018
Office of the Higher Education Commission, Bangkok, Thailand

The first activity (Kick-off/preparatory workshop) of Asi@Connect WP5 Project “Facilitating Distance Learning using Digital Conferencing Facility” is going to be held in Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC), Bangkok, Thailand during 25-27 September 2018. Thailand Research Education Network Association (ThaiREN) is hosting this Kick-off workshop. The project is being implemented by Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) in collaboration with NORDUnet, Denmark.

The project is aimed at deploying a Digital Conferencing Platform for enhancement of collaboration, distance learning and knowledge sharing that will connect faculties, students, researchers, experts and resources from anyone to anywhere. Deploying the platform within the TEIN itself locally will provide optimal performance and minimize dependency on resources in Europe or the US.

Thirteen participants from the beneficiary country’s Research and Education Networks-Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are expected to attend the workshop. Two Instructors/Resource persons from NORDUnet, Denmark will be attending the workshop to appraise the technical design and hardware, software, technical features of the distance learning system and also provide hands-on training on the system.

Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) will cover for your travel expenses, including the economic round trip airfare and per diems (up to 4 nights) from Asi@Connect fund during your stay in Bangkok.

The objectives of the workshop are

Interacting with contact personnel of beneficiary countries and principal investigators.
Sharing requirements of each beneficiary country.
Evaluating the requirements against available resource.
Optimizing requirements or management of additional resources to meet the requirements.
Identifying responsibilities of each beneficiary NREN.
Preparing a “Road Map” for the whole project.
Having a hands-on training and real life feel of the platform to be established.

Mohammad Tawrit

CEO, BdREN

Prof. Roshan Ragel

LEARN

Bhushan Raj Shrestha

NREN

Chalermpol Charnsripinyo

ThaiREN

Prof. Francis Lee Bu Sung

Asif Shahid Khan

PERN

Sl	Name	Designation and Affiliation	Country
1.	Professor Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain	Member, University Grants Commission	Bangladesh
2.	Mr. AKM Habibur Rahman	Chief Executive Officer, BdREN	Bangladesh
3.	Mr. Mohammad Tawrit	Chief Technical Officer, BdREN	Bangladesh
4.	Professor Dr. Harunur Rashid	Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University	Bangladesh
5.	Mr. Bhushan Raj Shrestha	Nepal Research and Education Network	Nepal
6.	Mr. Chencho Tshering	College of Language and Culture Studies, Royal University of Bhutan	Bhutan
7.	Mr. A.L.Sayeth Saabith,	Director, Centre for Information Communication Technology (CICT), Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Eastern University,	Sri Lanka
8.	Mr. Clarence Salting	University of the Philippines	Philippines
Local Participants and Staffs (Thailand):
1	Dr. Chalermpol Charnsripinyo	ThaiREN	Thailand
2	Mr. Sittichai Sangdee	ThaiREN	Thailand
3	Prof. Dr. Panjai Tantatsanawong	ThaiREN	Thailand
4	Mr. Sumnuan Hirunwong	ThaiREN	Thailand
5	Mr. Nuttapat Hirunpong	ThaiREN	Thailand
6	Mr. Wachira Chaowalit	ThaiREN	Thailand
7	Mr. Sadit Sathianpaison	ThaiREN	Thailand
8	Miss Piyanuch Prangmanee	ThaiREN	Thailand
9	Miss Saowanee Juiritt	ThaiREN	Thailand
10	Mr. Tawee Sribuddee	ThaiREN	Thailand
Instructor/Resource Person:
11	Mr. Erik Kikkenborg	NORDUnet	Denmark

Attendance will be published soon..

Time	Topic	Responsibility /Remarks
Day 1
09.00-09.30	Welcome and Opening Remarks	ThaiREN
09.30-10.45	WP5: Asi@Conect-DLE Project-Introduction and Implementation Strategy; Selection of Topics for DLE Courses and DigiNars; Selection of Location for TTT programs; Responsibility Matrix for BdREN, NORDUNet and Participating NRENs	BdREN
10.45-11.00	Tea/Coffee
11.00-12.30	Introduction and Connecting to the Zoom Service	NORDUnet
12.30-13.30	Lunch Break
13.30-15.00	Introduction to Open Source Learning Management Software and incorporation of Zoom Service with LMS	NORDUnet
15.00-15.15	Tea/Coffee Break
15.15-17.00	Course Management [Creation of Courses, Content of Course, Resource Management, Assignment, Examination and Grading], User Management (Administration) and Learner Module Management (Instructor/Student Creation/Registration, Resource Management, Assignment, Exam and Grading, Scheduling)	NORDUnet
Day 2
09.00-10.30	Identification of System Requirement from User Perspectives	All participating NRENs
10.30-10.45	Tea Break
10.45-12.30	Preparation of Specifications for Hardware/Software for the proposed DLE Platform	All participating NRENs
12.30-13.30	Lunch Break
13.30-15.15	Important settings of the Zoom Service, Configuration of Zoom System and the ecosystem namely PC/MAC/Mobile client	NORDUnet
15.15-15.30	Tea Break
15.30-17.00	End to end Demonstration of LMS from Student Registration to conducting courses using Zoom Software. Also other modules of LMS will be demonstrated.	NORDUnet
Day 3
09.00-10.30	Introducing online learning tools in the classroom, Tips and tricks for preparing virtual classroom, Issues on pedagogical aspects and support of new teaching methods and Evangelization of Distance Learning to its stakeholders	NORDUnet
10.30-10.45	Tea Break
10.45-11.30	Reviewing and Wrapping up Discussions	BdREN/UGC
11.30-12.00	Presentation of Workshop Proceedings	BdREN
12.00-13.30	Lunch and Closing of Workshop

Feedback from Participants: Out of Total 19 participants 10 participants provided their feedback and each participant graded different parameters on a grade of 4, with 1 being “Poor” and 4 being “Excellent”. The overall result came as follows:

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Kick-off Meeting:

Proceedings of the meeting

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