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GLOBAL PLAZA Evolution

Juan Quemada, UPM

GLOBAL Project: http://globalplaza.org www.global-project.eu

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Global Plaza

• Global Plaza

– Created by Global Project (www.global-project.eu)

• Reusing result from research projects

– European projects: Ecospace, C@R, ...; Other Projects: ITECBAN, CEPOS, ...; open software developments

• Open software development
• Developed mainly by

– UPM Internet NG Research Group – Agora Systems, UPM spin-off company

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GLOBAL PLAZA Metaphors

• Social Network for

– Videoconference – Streaming – Recording – Publishing

• as social media
• Internet Event Centre

– Connecting events to the Internet

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Global Plaza: VC on the Cloud

• Global Plaza offers “Isabel as a Service”

– Using “Web as platform” paradigm – Adding streaming and recording of VCs

• GP events are Isabel events accessible with

– Linux client (dedicated PCs) – Web browsers (participation and streaming) – SIP Clients

• Non-Isabel services also integrated

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The socio-collaborative network

• Global Social Network

– All Global-Plaza members

• Collaborative Spaces

– Group access only – Group organizes events

• Public spaces

– To organize open events

• Private spaces

– For closed events

Collaborative Service

Space Space ’ Space ’’

Space ’’’

GLOBAL Social network

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Space components

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• Space members

– Can organize events

• Event organizers

– Create/announce event – invite participants – Hold event – Recordings published

• as social media

Event management

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Pub

Preparation During Event

The unified Event Page

Recordings

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Exporting to an LMS with SCORM

• From Global Plaza

– To Moodle

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User rights & obligations

• User rights

– Create and use spaces, invite users to join – Perform online meetings with streaming and recording – Publish recorded meetings & mash-ups of recordings – Image owner keeps property of recording

• Transfers right to publish with non commercial

license

– Transformations allowed: mash-up

• User obligations

– Use GP according to policy – No crime or offensive use

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• SIVIC

– Collaboration project with

• RedCLARA for Latin-American NRENs

– from collaborative spaces to social networking – Global Plaza mutant

• Developed by UPM (Spain) & ESPOL (Ecuador)
• In operation by RedCLARA
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Evolution I: SIVIC

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• SocialStream

– Changes the focus

• from collaborative spaces to social networking

– Support to:

• Federation of sites

– To allow federated deployment

• Relation profiles:

– Friends, colleagues, family, ....

• SocialStream demo site
• http://demo-social-stream.dit.upm.es/
• SocialStream open SW project in GITHUB

Evolution II: SocialStream

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• HTML5 comes in the scene: MashMe.tv
• MashMe.tv:

– Isabel like Virtual meeting with

• Social Media mash-up
• Implementation

– First version uses Flash audio/video, the rest HTML5

• WebRTC audio/video will be introduced when ready

– It is about to be released at

• http://mashmetv.appspot.com/

Evolution III: MashMe.tv

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• FP7 EU Project: Global Excursion

– Started 1 Sept. – Objective: creation of VISH (Virtual Science HUB)

• Site for European Schools to perform

– Virtual Excursions into Science Infrastructures

• Virtual excursion Concept

– Game like activity/itinerary to visit a scientific area

• Including

– Virtual meetings of schools with scientists – Scientific learning resources – Video pills, Games, competitions, ....

Evolution IV: VISH

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VISH Wireframes

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User Identities

• Registration in Global Plaza is open & free

– UserId: Name+Password and/or OpenId

• GP is also an OpenID identity provider
• Other identity protocols under study

– Use cases for Oauth – Gateways or federation with

• PAPOID (PAPI), eduGain, Shiboleth,...
• Strategy

– To facilitate reuse of third party identities

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Isabel Social Protocols

• Social protocols are part of our “Social Intelligence”

– Enabling us to create successful groups and societies

• Social protocols are explicit representations of

– Interaction rules used in human groups and in society

• Used in a natural and effective way in a given context
• Isabel is based on social protocols

– Teleconference: models a conference or congress – Teleclass: models a classroom – Telemeeting: models a work meeting

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The Isabel Flexible Floor

n Service creation framework with

n Visual message for each interaction type

n Based on TV production rules n To signal context changes to participants

n Advanced floor control algorithms

n To provide a well ordered participation n Following rules of similar co-located events

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