The purpose of identity and access management in a school's Managed Learning Environment

1. Identity and Access Management What is it and why is it important? Paul Seiler Andreas Kubisch Pier Harding

3. Check out the MLE Reference Group to learn more

5. Or as a wiring diagram ENROL NSI IdP SMS - directory integration Web mail eportfolio Student record transfer ENROL integration IAM Online office suites Parent portal Early notification LMS SMS Library system Electronic attendance registers Content Authoring Tools Attendance support Metadata searching Digital content stores National Standards e-asTTle PAT eReturns Reusable and portable content Assessment support Authentication flows (existing) Authentication flows (proposed) Data flows (proposed) Data flows (existing)

7. educationally relevant

8. open

9. modular

10. standards-based

11. sustainableapproach to the development and use of MLE for (NZ) schools

12. The Problem Parent Portal LMS E-portfolio Hosted SMS Username: Password: Username: Password: Username: Password: Google docs Wiki Educator Username: Password: Library system Username: Password: Username: Password: Username: Password:

14. Working very well for these schools

16. Provisioning and keeping up to date is too hard

18. Exciting stuff this will make possible Mash up pages – e.g. parts of LMS, ePortfolio and library system on one page Un-provisioned access for parents Generate credentials for all parents

19. Is it happening yet? YES over 40 schools already using it IDPs established in local loops (Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson) Commercial offerings from Watchdog and Edtech Growing list of connected services (Pressure from users works better than pressure from MoE)

20. Testimony from a userYou be the judge!

21. Are there any risks? YES - But none of them are new The technical side is the easy part Schools need good policies for managing identities and access Schools need to think about and manage risk Students need to learn what it means to have a digital identity

22. Questions