Proto-OKN Theme 3: An Education Gateway for the Proto-OKN

这个原型-开放知识网络(OKN)项目旨在确保以OKN为中心的学习和实践社区的发展，并将其用于解决关键的现实世界问题。这个名为EduGate的Proto-OKN教育门户将提供一个全面的教育平台，这也将促进当前的OKN项目以及未来的入网者之间的密切合作和融合。作为进入Proto-OKN环境和社区的切入点，EduGate可以产生广泛的影响，并可以直接为Proto-OKN努力的整体成功做出贡献。虽然一些OKN项目将部署较新的技术，包括分布式分类账、区块链技术和大型语言模型(LLM)，但许多支持OKN的底层技术和标准已经建立得很好，并且已经存在了一段时间。有太多现存的教育材料、教程、参考文本和技术论文描述了这些技术的最新水平。教育门户将通过OKN课程知识图表(CurrKG)将这些不同的材料联系在一起，该图表将专门为所有背景的学习者提供教育。教育门户提供一个统一的基础学习平台，为用户和来自不同部门的其他利益相关者提供定制的途径，包括政府、行业、非营利组织和其他部门。该项目包括四个主要举措：(1)社区发展、外展和参与(2)行业联系、外展和参与(3)OKN项目队列中的教育和支持活动，以及(4)开发OKN课程知识图表(CurrKG)以帮助浏览这些材料。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Prototype-Open Knowledge Network (OKN) project seeks to ensuring the growth of a community of learning and practice centered on the OKN and its use in solving critical, real-world problems. This Proto-OKN Education Gateway, EduGate, effort will provide a comprehensive education platform that would also facilitate close collaborations and convergence among current OKN projects, as well as future entrants to the network.As the entry-point to the Proto-OKN environment and community, EduGate can have widespread impact and can contribute directly to the overall success of the Proto-OKN effort. While some of the OKN projects will be deploying newer technologies, including distributed ledgers, blockchain technology, and large language models (LLMs), many of the underlying technologies and standards that power OKN are well-established and have been around for some time. There is a plethora of extant educational material, tutorials, reference texts, and technical papers describing the state of the art of these technologies. The Education Gateway will bring together and link these different materials via the OKN Curriculum Knowledge Graph (CurrKG), which will be purpose-built for educating learners of all backgrounds.The Education Gateway provides a unified, foundational learning platform, with customized pathways for users and other stakeholder from various sectors including government, industry, non-profit and other sectors. The project encompasses four major initiatives: (1) Community Development, Outreach, and Engagement (2) Industry Connection, Outreach, and Engagement (3) Education and Support activities among the cohort of OKN projects, and (4) Development of an OKN Curriculum Knowledge Graph (CurrKG) to assist with navigation through these materials.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.