An Identity Economy for R&E?
Nicole Harris UK Access Management Focus, JISC Advance
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• UK Access Management Focus;• Advisor to UK federation;• REFEDS Coordinator;• PEER Project Manager;• Shibboleth Consortium Manager;• Generally opinionated about access and identity.
1. Legitimise the web as a place for scholarly activity.
2. Fix the right problems.
3. Shift from constructing spaces to supporting actions.
1. LEGITIMISE THE WEB AS A PLACE FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH
SPACE IS NOT THE FINAL FRONTIER
http://xkcd.com/731/
Image Scott Room – David White – CC attribution license. http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2011/09/30/the-learning-black-market/ GWR = Google > Wikipedia > References
THE COMFORT BLANKET
http://xkcd.com/927
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2. FIX THE RIGHT PROBLEMS
http://xkcd.com/763/
ACCOUNT PROBLEM
• PROBLEM: My institution is taking a long time to properly register students and provision them with accounts, so there is a gap when students do not have the credentials to access online resources.
• QUESTION: can i create ‘guest accounts’ with Shibboleth to get around this problem?
RESPONSE?
• It’s up to an institution whether or not they want to create guest accounts within their system, but generally it is bad practice;
• It should take the same time to provision a guest account as to provision a guest account, if not, the IDM system is broken;
• If a student is not formally registered and provisioned in your system, they aren’t ‘eligible users’ and shouldn’t be using resources;
• The provisioning process needs fixing, you don’t need to find a library workaround.
10 IDENTITY METRICS THAT MATTER
http://www.csoonline.com/article/690704/10-identity-management-metrics-that-matter?page=1
(NO5) TIME TAKEN TO PROVISION, OR DEPROVISION, YOUR USERS
3. SHIFT FROM CONSTRUCTING SPACES TO SUPPORTING ACTIONS
PORTAL
REPOSITORY
SITE
DISCOVERY SERVICE
(LEARNING) ENIVRONMENT
WIKI
TWEET
CHECK-IN
SHARE
FOLLOW
+1
LIKE
HOW DO I SEE THE INTERWEB?
The Dark Internet
The Light Internet
specific information, unlikely discovery
general information, widely available
traditional media,online
MainstreamBlogs/news
“niche” blogs news
open socialmedia
targetedsocial media
privatemedia
Advertising
“We need to stop digital literacy training that uses the internet and social media to achieve
pre-defined outcomes.”Dr Abhay Adhikari, http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/higher-education-network-blog/2011/oct/10/digital-literacy-collaboration?CMP=twt_gu
Reflection + Internet = Digital Identity
WHAT VALUE DO WE ADD? Celebrate your studentyness
CONCLUSION
A proper scholarly layer to the internet, filtering information appropriately, supporting affiliation
within the search engine and controlled and directed by the identity transactions of our
users.
Thank you for listening.