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Improving the Way People Learn with Extended Learning

Since the Covid Pandemic the world of education has quickly evolved into new ways of teaching and learning. All education has been challenged in terms of spaces, technology, tools, methods, human resources and skills.

Even in difficult circumstances many educators have shown examples that are improving education.

The XL Project funded by the European Commission intends to pick out the best ideas pointing at positive uses of technology to improve the way people learn.

Project Website: Hyperlink

Project Presentation

• Slides: Hyperlink
• Pictures of the presentation: Hyperlink

If you have questions or remarks, please get in touch by email with <[email protected]>

Howest en Proximus realiseren 5G-lab

5G biedt nieuwe mogelijkheden voor de campus
Howest en Proximus realiseren samen een 5G-lab op de Howestcampus in Kortrijk. In de loop van volgend academiejaar zullen bedrijven uit uiteenlopende sectoren er, in samenwerking met de Howeststudenten en onder begeleiding van Proximus-experten, de mogelijkheden van 5G voor hun business kunnen ontdekken en nieuwe toepassingen kunnen ontwikkelen.

Het is de eerste keer dat Proximus samenwerkt op basis van een MOU met een onderwijsinstantie als co-creatiehub. 

Op de campus Kortrijk heeft Howest een 5G MPN (mobile private network). Er zijn vijf  lokalen voorzien van een 5G antenne (4xMIMO). De project mamager voor Howest is de heer Tom DECAVELE die op de campus Kortrijk eveneens in staat voor Cisco Networking Academy.

In september start een campagne om bedrijven naar Howest uit te nodigen om te experimenteren en te prototypen met ondersteuning van Proximus, Howest en IT-studenten voor projectwerk/stage.

Howest is een belangrijke Cisco Academy in België en lid van BiASC.

Meer informatie:

• Proximus en Howest gaan samen 5G-lab ter beschikking stellen van bedrijven en industriepartners

Guiding you through the New Era of Networking - 27 June 2017

Latest innovations in Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA)

We all live in an era of new digital economies. An era where, almost each day, something new comes across, and where everything and everyone is connected. Innovations come to life at the fastest pace you have ever seen. All these new dynamics are putting enormous pressures on your network infrastructures and operations. Can your business follow this fast-paced fully connected world?

Sophisticated cyber-attacks threaten to slow down your business. You should focus your operational efforts on delivering the best customer and workforce experience, while embracing innovative opportunities, such as IoT and new cloud applications.

On June 27 Cisco will demonstrate how your network infrastructure can adopt the fast innovations of today’s agile business models.

Don’t miss this powerful session if you’re asking yourself how to make your network more agile and reduce your operational complexity with increased automation, greater speed, swift adaptability, and with security deeply embedded.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
09:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location

Cisco Belgium
De Kleetlaan, 6B. 1831 Diegem

Registration

http://cisco.cmail19.com/t/r-l-yukkqc-hyjukrkue-t/

Benelux Academy Day - Cisco Amsterdam - 17 May 17

   

At the Academy Day organized in collaboration with Cisco Amsterdam we were able to welcome more than 80 delegates from education to learn about new developments in the ICT domain and about new online curricula. The Academy Day is becoming a prime networking event for innovation in education. An interesting evolution is that there is a lot of support from the IT sector with offerings from Cisco, Oracle, CompTIA, LPI, NDG, Suse and FastLane.

Highlights

• Dive into Country Digitization & Internet of Things projects in the Netherlands
• Overview of the 33 courses in the Networking Academy Curriculum
• Practical Workshop on Internet of Things
• Simulations with Packet Tracer v7 
• Interactive session about innovation competences and active learning with Hackathons and Packathons
• Interesting offerings from Cisco with Big Data & Analytics and DevNet, from Oracle Academy, Suse Academy and FastLane Summer School
• Certification Tracks with CompTIA and Linux Professional Institute

Photo's: https://goo.gl/photos/jDQJMQNxokDoGPST9

 

IoT Fundamentals Curriculum Overview PPT

Here is the latest information concerning the new IoT Fundamentals Curriculum (2 March 2017):

PPT: Download BiASC_IoT Fundamentals 2 0 Curriculum Overview-March 2

Uitnodiging – Brussels Smart City for Education - 8 maart 2017

Online Registratie: http://brussels.us15.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=648efecb575b5dc55e915edfc&id=e82965973d&e=f0c25fd676

 

Bericht van Bianca Debaets, Staatssecretaris voor Digitalisering

Geachte mevrouw, geachte heer,

Graag nodig ik u uit voor het event “Brussels Smart City for Education: leren en kennis delen in het digitale tijdperk”, dat past in een reeks evenementen geïnitieerd door het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest rond het project Brussels Smart City.

ORACLE ACADEMY TO BE SUPPORTED BY BIASC & NASC IN THE BENELUX

   

Friday 3 February 2017/ Oracle Academy, BiASC and NASC will co-operate in digitizing the world of education

On Friday 3 February 2017, BiASC and NASC are announcing a Benelux wide co-operation to provide educational support to non-commercial educational organisations in the domains of Java & SQL Programming, information management, cloud & big data.

BiASC and NASC will function as go-betweens in the Benelux between Oracle and educational institutions.

"In the first stage of co-operation our focus will be on JAVA & Information Management: data modelling, data science, structured and unstructured information, transactional databases, cloud and big data lakes", says Yvan Rooseleer, senior educational consultant at BiASC in Brussels.

“At Oracle Academy, we are thrilled to inspire and engage students from Belgium and all different parts of the world in computer science,” said Jane Richardson, Oracle Academy Senior Director, EMEA. “Earlier this year, Oracle made a significant commitment to the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, a multi-stakeholder partnership to bolster computer science (CS) and coding proficiency at all levels within Europe’s workforce EU.  Today's partnership announcement with BiASC continues our momentum to advance digital education and increase diversity in technology fields in Europe.”

“Digitally skilled professionals are critical to the Belgium's competitiveness and capacity for innovation,” said Jan Ronsse, Managing Director Oracle Belgium and Luxembourg. “Over the last ten years, we’ve seen the demand for students with computer science and coding skills grow by year by year. Oracle Academy’s efforts to bring computer science into classrooms through collaboration with BiASC in Belgium can help strengthen our educators’ skills and learning to allow them to take that knowledge into the classroom and engage students in the digital economy.”

The following are offered to educational institutions who join Oracle Academy

• Oracle Academy self-study courses in Alice and Greenfoot, educational Java development environments
• Workshops in a Box for Alice and Greenfoot, which provide everything you need to introduce students to object-oriented programming in workshop or extracurricular environments
• Software licenses for your personal learning use, via the Oracle Technology Network
• Data Science Bootcamps, video-based lecture series to introduce and provide hands on practice with data science and Big Data in the context of real-world problems
• Oracle Academy Ask the Oracle Experts interactive webcast series on a variety of technology-related topics
• Licenses for Oracle’s industry leading software for use in teaching and not-for-profit course- or degree-related research
• Standards-aligned academic curriculum in Java, database design, and SQL and PL/SQL programming
• Professional development opportunities to help you teach Oracle Academy curriculum
• Discounts on Oracle University courses, Oracle industry certification exams and preparation materials and Oracle Press Books for you and your students

About Oracle Academy
As Oracle’s flagship philanthropic educational program, Oracle Academy advances computer science education globally to drive knowledge, innovation, skills development, and diversity in technology fields, offering a free and complete portfolio of software, curriculum, hosted technology, faculty trainings, support, and certification resources. Supporting more than 3.1 million students annually in 110 countries, the program works with public and private partners to provide the tools educators need to engage, inspire and prepare students to become innovators and leaders of the future. Through Oracle Academy, students receive hands-on experience with the latest technologies, helping to make them college and career ready in the era of big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and beyond.

About BiASC
Biasc was established in 2013, at the request of global IT vendor Cisco, to enable communication and co-operation with the Belgian ICT education sector. Since then BiASC has been expanding and started co-operation with other global IT vendors who have an interesting offering for IT education. BiASC is an independent and non-commercial organization serving as a network for ICT education in Belgium. BiASC also promotes international co-operation and works with sister organizations like NASC (nl), PUE (es) and IT Bildungsnetz (de). More information: http://biasc.be/contact/

 

ORACLE ACADEMY VOOR DIGITAAL ONDERWIJS EN DIVERSITEIT IN DE TECHNOLOGIE

  

Vrijdag 3 februari 2107/ Oracle Academy en niet-commerciële opleidingen sluiten een samenwerkingsovereenkomst

Op vrijdag 3 februari bekrachtigen Oracle Academy, BiASC en NASC een nieuwe vorm van samenwerking over de gehele Benelux. Het doel van de samenwerking is om de niet-commerciële onderwijswereld te voorzien van vernieuwende ideeën en werkmethoden.

"Het sociale, culturele en economische leven verandert door de informatie- en communicatietechnologie. Dat brengt gigantische opportuniteiten en disrupties mee", aldus Yvan Rooseleer, docent en onderwijstechnoloog van BiASC. 

"BiASC en NASC spelen in de Benelux de rol van go-between tussen Oracle en scholen en niet-commerciële opleidingsinstituten. In de eerste fase gaat de interesse naar Java & SQL programmering, data science, cloud en informatiemanagement."

 "Alle sectoren en niet in het minst het onderwijs en opleidingen zijn sterk betroffen door de evolutie van de laatste jaren. Alle onderwijsactoren, leerlingen, studenten, leraren en docenten hebben behoefte aan richtinggevende ondersteuning door toonaangevende bedrijven en organisaties."

"We zijn blij dat we vanuit Oracle Academy studenten uit België en alle andere delen van de wereld kunnen inspireren en betrekken bij informatica", zegt Jane Richardson, Oracle Academy Senior Director, EMEA. "Eerder dit jaar heeft Oracle een belangrijke steun toegezegd aan de Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, een multi-stakeholder partnership om vaardigheden op het gebied van informatica en coderen op alle niveaus binnen de Europese beroepsbevolking te versterken. Deze partnerovereenkomst met de BiASC bevestigt onze toezegging om digitaal onderwijs te bevorderen en diversiteit in de technologie gebieden in Europa te vergroten."

"Digitaal ervaren professionals zijn cruciaal voor het concurrentievermogen en de innovatiekracht van het Belgische bedrijfsleven", zegt Jan Ronsse, Managing Director Oracle Belgium & Luxembourg. "In de afgelopen tien jaar hebben we de vraag naar studenten met vaardigheden op het gebied van informatica en coderen jaarlijks zien toenemen. De inspanningen van Oracle Academy om informatica lessen in de klas te brengen dragen door middel van deze samenwerking met de BiASC bij aan de versterking van de vaardigheden van onze leraren. Zij worden in staat gesteld om die kennis mee te nemen in de klas en de studenten te betrekken in de digitale economie."

Over BiASC
BiASC werd opgericht in 2013 op verzoek van internetgigant Cisco Systems. Het doel is een betere doorstroom van informatie en een open samenwerking tussen niet-commerciële onderwijsinstellingen en het ICT-werkveld. BiASC streeft ernaar met toonaangevende ICT-bedrijven samen te werken en het onderwijs te verbeteren via een uitgebreid netwerk in België, de Benelux en daarbuiten. BiASC is internationaal georiënteerd en werkt met zusterorganisaties zoals NASC (nl), PUE (es) en IT Bildungsnetz (de). Meer informatie: http://biasc.be/contact/

About Oracle Academy
As Oracle’s flagship philanthropic educational program, Oracle Academy advances computer science education globally to drive knowledge, innovation, skills development, and diversity in technology fields, offering a free and complete portfolio of software, curriculum, hosted technology, faculty trainings, support, and certification resources. Supporting more than 3.1 million students annually in 110 countries, the program works with public and private partners to provide the tools educators need to engage, inspire and prepare students to become innovators and leaders of the future. Through Oracle Academy, students receive hands-on experience with the latest technologies, helping to make them college and career ready in the era of big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and beyond.

ORACLE ACADEMY OFFERING
The following are offered to educational institutions who join Oracle Academy

• Oracle Academy self-study courses in Alice and Greenfoot, educational Java development environments
• Workshops in a Box for Alice and Greenfoot, which provide everything you need to introduce students to object-oriented programming in workshop or extracurricular environments
• Software licenses for your personal learning use, via the Oracle Technology Network
• Data Science Bootcamps, video-based lecture series to introduce and provide hands on practice with data science and Big Data in the context of real-world problems
• Oracle Academy Ask the Oracle Experts interactive webcast series on a variety of technology-related topics
• Licenses for Oracle’s industry leading software for use in teaching and not-for-profit course- or degree-related research
• Standards-aligned academic curriculum in Java, database design, and SQL and PL/SQL programming
• Professional development opportunities to help you teach Oracle Academy curriculum
• Discounts on Oracle University courses, Oracle industry certification exams and preparation materials and Oracle Press Books for you and your students

 

Student Workshop & Creathon Offering

On 1 February the first short Benelux student workshop & creathon was organized at the Cisco Premises in Amsterdam. BiASC were part of the organization and learned that student creathons are an attractive opportunity for Belgian schools, starting at the secondary level of education.

Belgian Schools have the opportunity to attend a Student Workshop & Creathon organized by Cisco, BiASC and NASC.

A creathon is a workshop where student teams develop creative ideas using internet of things and other technologies.

More information: http://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2017/02/cisco-student-creathon.html

Cisco Student Workshop & Creathon

 

Belgian Schools have the opportunity to attend a Student Workshop & Creathon organized by Cisco, BiASC and NASC.
More information: <[email protected]>

Example workshop

Amsterdam 1 February 2017 - Around 75 students from ROC A12 are participating in an IoT Creathon. Coaches: M. Verleun (NASC), Y. Rooseleer (BiASC), Cisco coaches

What's a creathon?

A creathon is an event where students are solving business cases in the domain of Internet of Things, mobile & cloud. There are several stages in the workhops: preparation - forming student teams - learning the problem statement - defining the problem - searching solutions (ideation & creativity) - come up with a solution - present proof of concept (business model, prototype)

Here is an example of a problem statement for a student creathon.

PROBLEM STATEMENT - DIGITAL SERVICES FOR SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS

We are a multidiscplinary team (team name) working for a startup NORAIN.

We develop applications and systems for the retail sector.

Our new customer BLINX, a Benelux based company, owns  25 shopping centers all over the Benelux.

BLINX want to collect and integrate useful information to improve the operations and management of shopping centers, making the tenants, shop owners and retailers happy about the new digital services and possibilities. Also they expect to make better business decisions about future projects.

EXPECTATIONS

FUNCTIONAL

• building intelligence for shopping centers
• intelligent connections: people, process, data, things
• => improve customer experience; engaging the shopper; recognize people, lifestyle, gender, ...
• => improve logistics, transportation, ...
• => The solution has to consist of a new digital IoT service for our customer BLINX, that will improce their relations with shop tenants

TECHNICAL

=>access to all data in once place for BLINX management (data lake)

=> combine data to get new information to allow BLINX to find opportunities

=> add new IoT data sources to create a bigger, better and up-to-date data lake

Getting access to this will give BLINX a competitive advantage in their field in addition to give them a value proposition to negotiate better rents with their tenants as they also can benefit from the products.

 

DATA SOURCES

INTEGRATING DATA => DATA LAKE => BIG DATA

Collecting all data sources, enriching the data with useful information like weather data, bank holidays, ...

Capturing and storing real-time data => wifi, cameras, sensors, ...

REAL-TIME vs BATCH processing

 

TO DO

Develop a Proof of Concept for your solution => inspiration, creativity, empathy, solution, description, presentation.

TIPS

Using video: https://goo.gl/photos/ttQcLWX9ypNnE2S9A

Using Wifi: https://goo.gl/photos/CPep3NhEWwTqebWM8

Using Digital Ceiling: https://goo.gl/photos/gx5xTEjim5rgzuU16

 

 

Cisco Talks - Chris Litster

You might learn useful background information when you listen to the Cisco Talks by Chris Litster. He was part of the development of many recent technologies.

TOPICS: OSI/ Switching/ Routing/ Datacenter/ Wireless/ VOIP/ Collaboration/ Security

URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfTdIEJiussOGwhCu5cBJXMbqD_cLdysu

 

Facebook's Data Center Fabric

Facebook's Data Center Fabric, 13 FEB 2015, Youtube, 37:36
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcI3fGEait0&t=329s
Speaker: Alexey Andreyev, Network Engineer, Facebook

TOPICS: Datacenter Design, Switches, Pods, Racks, Clusters, Splines, Fiber, Platforms, Automation

CiscoLive | Networking Academy Student Day | Berlin | 23 FEB 2017

Networking Academy Student Day 2017 - 500 seats

Max 500 particpants will be able to attend the Networking Academy Student Day in Berlin on 23 February 2017. There will be keynote presentations and visits to the World of Solutions: Cisco, Netapp, Citrix, DevNet Zone ...

Click to Register (agenda shown below).

HIGHLIGHTS
Workshops and presentations about Cybersecurity, NetAcad Opportunities, Country Digitization  + Internet of Things LiveHack 
Visit of Cisco & Partner Exhibitions: Netapp, VMware, Devnet Zone

21st Century Skills

What is the Cloud? | Google Cloud Platform | The Apps Show

Google for Work, What is the Cloud?, Youtube, 16 FEB 2016, 3:39

You have already certainly heard about the “Cloud”. But what is it exactly? In this episode, Jenny and Drea go beyond “Apps” and give us a quick overview of the Cloud concept… and of its reality! They explain how the Cloud is already affecting our everyday work and show us the benefits of moving businesses to the Cloud.

Inside a Google data center

Google for Work, Inside a Google data center, Youtube, 12 DEC 2014, 5:27

Joe Kava, VP of Google's Data Center Operations, gives a tour inside a Google data center, and shares details about the security, sustainability and the core architecture of Google's infrastructure.

What is Big Data and Hadoop?

Simplilearn,  What is Big Data and Hadoop?, Youtube, 29 JUNE 2015, 52:19

What is Big Data and Hadoop?

This video consists of four lessons of Big Data and Hadoop Tutorial. The lesson begins with the introduction of Big data and Hadoop developer and its objectives where you end up learning the fundamental concepts of hadoop, applying programming skills in MapReduce, Utilization of big data anlytic skills using pig and hive, Hbase data model and its components, and describes ZooKeeper and Sqoop.

Course Overview
This training provides the detailed introduction to the basics of apache Hadoop, Hadoop ecosystem, hadoop distributed file system, hadoop cluster, Map Reduce, pig, hive, Hbase, Zookeeper, Sqoop, Flume, installation and configuration steps for various hadoop components, and programming skills relevant to the various hadoop components, Learn the Value of Hadoop Professionals.

Lesson 1
Identify the need for big data, learn the concepts of big data, know the benefits of hadoop
It also explains about the data Explosion, Big data and its resources, Characteristics of big data technology, Appeal of big data technology, Traditional IT Analytics approach, Handling limitations of big data, History and milestones of hadoop.

Lesson 2
Learn the steps to install Vmware Player, Steps to create a VM in VMware player, how to use the oracle virtual box to open a VM, how to start an existing hadoopVM.
Introduction to VMware player and know the hardware requirements of VMware player, learn how to install the VMware player, how to open a VM in VMware player and learn the usage of oracle virtual box to open a VM, etc.

Lesson-3 Hadoop Architecture
Know the use of hadoop in commodity hardware, various configurations and services of hadoop, HDFS architecture.
Know the Key terms like commodity hardware, Cluster, Node used in hadoop architecture. So that it will make you understand easy.
Know the core services and core components of Hadoop architecture etc

 

CiscoLive Berlin Streaming to You

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— CiscoLive (@CiscoLive) February 13, 2016

Forcing A Cisco Catalyst Switch To Use 3rd Party SFP Modules

Q. Do the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches interoperate with SFPs from other vendors?

A. Yes, starting from 12.2(25)SE release, the user has the option via CLI to turn on the support for 3rd party SFPs. However, the Cisco TAC will not support such 3rd party SFPs. In the event of any link error involving such 3rd party SFPs the customer will have to replace 3rd party SFPs with Cisco SFPs before any troubleshooting can be done by TAC

Many companies are seeking for Cisco SFP alternatives to help cut down the costs on these expensive modules. A frequent customer problem with Cisco's new line of Catalyst switches is that they do not support 3rd party (non-Cisco) SFPs - or at least they do not seem to... If you've just replaced your network switches and tried using any 3rd party SFPs to connect your network backbone, you'll quickly stumble across an error similar to the following:

%PHY-4-UNSUPPORTED_TRANSCEIVER: Unsupported transceiver found in Gi1/0/0
%GBIC_SECURITY_CRYPT-4-VN_DATA_CRC_ERROR: GBIC in port 65538 has bad crc

Making stuff with Raspberry Pi & Arduino Starter Kit | IoE Hackathon

If you want to run the Internet of Everything Course, you will want to practice using the Raspberry Pi & Arduino Starter Kit.

Clicking the link below you will find a series of photos of teachers and students experimenting with Raspberry Pi & Arduino Starter Kits, in preparation of the IoE Hackathon.

Pictures URL: https://goo.gl/photos/Km7fehVhgnPgxgVu7 

The description of the equipment used you can find here:
URL: http://biasc.be/2015/12/ioe-hackathon-prototyping-lab-kits.html