A Roadmap to K-12 Federated Identity Management
Introduction
Write up on K-12 Federation versus Higher Education?
Terminology
Thoughts on a good glossary?
Use Cases
Good set of examples for using Federated Identity Management (FIM)
Case Studies
Existing K-12/K-20 FIM implementations
- North Carolina (NCTrust)
- Others?
Benefits (Value Proposition) for K-12
- Fewer accounts to maintain for Users
- Ease of New Service Onboarding
- Consortium purchasing (licensing)
- (Your thoughts here)
- SLC/SLI (Shared Learning Collaborative/Shared Learning Infrastructure)
Challenges
- Experience and skill sets to implement
- Federation membership costs (especially state-wide implementations)
- Leadership/Champions
- Number of K-12 focused, SAML-enabled services (vendor applications)
Next Steps
- This Roadmap
- Outreach to vendors
- Coordination with state departments of education
- Possible outreach to regional broadband providers
- National coordination (Federal DOE)