Using HUBzero platform to support research, education, and collaboration
NanoHub (nanohub.org) - online resource for nanotechnology. Due to demand from other disciplines, they reworked the tool in 2007 and made it more generalized to create HubZero so that specific hubs could be created for any discipline. Downloadable instance of open-source software licensed under LGPL. Social collaborations for research & work in specific disciplines. Includes models, teaching materials, seminars, simulations and courses.
Looking at citations of NanoHub and other HubZero tools in research papers as one measurement for success of tool across disciplines.
Indiana CTSI; approx 1,700 scholars supported. Attempt to reach across borders and support responsiveness and flexibility for researchers. Cancer Care engineering hub represents one example.
HubZero is great tool to support publishing - could be text, software code, etc. as well as community ratings and other social tools. Makes it easy to find published work as well as to bring it in to course environments, etc. Uses tagging for loose categorization. CTSI does some automatic tagging, parsed directly from the content of the publication.
CTSI uses a Joomla component that looks at tags on articles and profiles to help to find potential research partners. Not yet integrated, but the tool is progressing. Having an identity on at least one hub should be very important as a researcher. CIC schools are all federated with CTSI system, so provide trusted relationships via InCommon, but also working on accepting identities via Facebook or other external identity provider systems via OAuth to act as a bridge between different institutions and to provide means to tie multiple identities together.
Simulations such as visualizing and optimizing quantum dots are great for both in-course academic resources and for researchers. Moodle integration, but no mention of Blackboard integration or whether it is LTI or how the integration is done. If it is LTI, that would be best - will need to look in to that.
HubZero provides social tools for seeing status, activity, and collaboratively managing projects. Can use wiki-based tools for lightweight project notes, etc. Open and flexible to use Joomla modules, bolting in external tools, etc. Metadata entry is inherent & required when adding tools.
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