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

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• North Carolina (NCTrust)
• Others?

Benefits (Value Proposition) for K-12

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• 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

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• 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

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• This Roadmap
• Outreach to vendors
• Coordination with state departments of education
• Possible outreach to regional broadband providers
• National coordination (Federal DOE)