HERN: Hawaii Education and Research Network

夏威夷州教育和研究网络（HERN）要求在三年内拨款400万美元，用于在全州范围内部署网络基础设施，以支持夏威夷州的所有公共教育。它通过现有伙伴关系的力量做到了这一点：夏威夷教育网络联盟。该联盟的创始成员包括：夏威夷州教育部（DOE），提供所有K-12、成人和社区学习服务；夏威夷大学系统（UH），提供包括社区学院和研究机构在内的所有公立高等教育项目；东西中心（EWC）是一个联邦资助的非营利性研究和研究生教育机构。该联盟的目的是发展和促进在夏威夷的教育和研究中使用电信技术。它代表了夏威夷所有的公共教育和研究，并在信息技术的协作应用方面有良好的记录，包括远程教育、站点许可和互联网部署。拟议的技术网络基础设施包括将互联网接入扩展到夏威夷的每一所公立学校和校园，主要通过现有资源和夏威夷监管环境授权的有线电视公司的独特合作伙伴关系。基础设施还包括一个分布式的全州互联网服务器架构，一个全州网络信息中心和一个网络运营中心，由夏威夷大学管理，以及一个针对初中和高中教师的培训计划。部署这个网络的目的是为了支持教育改革。在初中和高中，我们将利用网络来改革学校的日子。通过建立现有的学校社区管理项目，学校将有选择和机会从传统的以班级为基础的时间表转向以茶为导向的多学科项目为基础的计划。在高等教育方面，该州的社区学院将利用该网络合作开发基于网络的预工程课程，该课程将在全州范围内提供给以前无法获得此类课程的学生。在这两种情况下，网络基础设施将促进DOE和UH内部正在进行的愿景和计划。通过在正在进行的项目和现有的基础设施上进行建设，提议者可以分担大量的成本。在HERN项目的过程中，我们将解决以下类型的研究问题：什么样的组织和管理结构最能支持全州教育网络的部署和运作？将有线电视公司在全国范围内提供的以太网-over- catv网络编织在一起将面临哪些技术和管理问题？哪一组网络接口和过滤器将支持在整个州的所有级别上对互联网的适当教育访问？如何向一个有几十万人的教育界提供有效的培训？如何在互联网上支持协作课程的开发和交付？

9454822 Bossert The Hawaii Education and Research Network (HERN) requests $4 million over three years for the statewide deployment of networking infrastructure to support all public education in Hawaii. It does so through the strength of an existing partnership: the Hawaii Educational Networking Consortium. Founding members of the Consortium are: Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE), which provides all K-12, adult, and community-based learning services; University of Hawaii system (UH), which provides all public higher education programs including community colleges and research institutes, and; East-West Center (EWC), a Federally sponsored non-profit research and graduate education institute. The Consortium's purpose is to develop and promote the use of telecommunications technology in education and research in Hawaii. It represents all public education and research in Hawaii, and has a proven track record in collaborative applications of information technology including distance education, site licensing, and the deployment of the Internet. The technical networking infrastructure proposed includes the expansion of Internet access to every public school and campus in Hawaii, largely through existing resources and a unique partnership with the cable companies mandated through Hawaii's regulatory environment. The infrastructure also includes a distributed statewide Internet server architecture, a statewide Network Information Center and a Network Operations Center, to be managed by the University of Hawaii, and a training program for teachers in the middle and high schools. The goal of deploying this network is to support educational reform. In the middle and high schools, we will use the network to reform the school day. By building on the existing School Community Based Management program, schools will have the option and opportunity to move from a traditional class based schedule to a tea m oriented, multidisciplinary project based program. In higher education, the State's community colleges will use the network to collaboratively develop a network-based curriculum in pre-engineering that will be delivered statewide to students who have previously had no access to such courses. In both cases, the network infrastructure will facilitate ongoing visions and programs within the DOE and UH. By building on ongoing programs and the existing infrastructure there is a significant cost-sharing component by the proposers. In the course of Project HERN we will address the following types of research questions: What types of organizational and management structures best support the deployment and operation of a statewide educational network? What technological and management issues will be faced in knitting together Ethernet-over-CATV networks provided by cable TV companies throughout the state? What set of network interfaces and filters will support appropriate educational access to the Internet at all levels across an entire state? How can effective training be provided to an educational community numbering in the hundreds of thousands? How can collaborative curriculum development and delivery be supported over the Internet?