Promoting Middleware Infrastructure Use in Higher Education Campuses
The task force aims to enhance the utilization of middleware infrastructures in higher education campuses. This includes partnership efforts with EuroCAMP, increasing awareness of Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), and establishing connections with national and international higher education IT organizations like EUNIS. Key issues identified include ID management as a critical concern. The initiative calls for strategic marketing, education support, and technical documentation to motivate campuses towards better deployment and use of AAI, backed by data collection on progress.
Promoting Middleware Infrastructure Use in Higher Education Campuses
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Torbjörn WibergMalaga 061016 TF-EMC2 – Campus Issues
New Charter • One of the aims of the task force is • To promote the actual use of middleware infrastructures at the campuses • Activities to that end will focus on: • Collaborating with EuroCAMP as one way of reaching out to campuses. • Improve the awareness of AAI through liaisons with higher ed IT organisations on national and international level (specifically with EUNIS)
AAI is an IT issue at campus • 2006 Current Issues Survey Resources • http://www.educause.edu/2006SurveyResources/10236
Oct 2006:Educause survey shows • ID management is an issue at the campus level • It is THE top issue or concern • It is judged most critical for success • it will stay so • senior IT leaders spend a lot of time on it • Now is the time to engage in activities towards campuses!
How shall we approach this? • What channels, arenas, communities • How shall we motivate an increased focus on the deployment and use of AAI • Can we agree on an example roadmap for the implementation, deployment and use • Can we agree on a set of products to recommend
How shall we approach this? • It is about marketing, education and support • ... for that we of course need • marketing material • education material and • technical documentation • funding (if it shall be properly done) • We also need to collect info about progress • We need to agree on indicators of progress
Tom Barton's three stages of directory • http://www.educause.edu/E06/Program/9155?PRODUCT_CODE=E06/SESS025