OpenID at Case

Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2007

Back in February, I pondered the future of OpenID in higher education. Earlier this week, I commented on Theresa Rowe's blog entry about managing online identities and provided a pointer to the Appalachian FireFox add-in from MIT's SIMILE project. While it was top of mind, I did a quick scan to see if I could find any new and interesting uses of OpenID in higher education. I happened to run across an experimental provider from Case. So, after a little digging, Lev directed me to Jeremy and he was gracious enough to share a little background. Apparently, the effort evolved from curiousity in the spec and remains "experimental," but it is very, very interesting. Jeremy has blogged about it here and I just found an interesting write up about it over at The Observer Online (March 23, 2007). How did I miss that!?! It sounds like there was some interest in integrating it into the CAS distribution as well, but I'm not sure where that activity stands. It looks like there has been some interesting discussion on that front and there appears to be a wiki page describing how to implement OpenID through CAS.

Interestingly, one of the students left a comment on Jeremy's blog wondering if the service would be available after he graduates. I know many organizations provide email addresses to their alumni and I can certainly see where it might be interesting to retain greater organizational afflilation when managing one of their online identities. Might this be the "killer app" that gets OpenId into higher ed? Anyone have any thoughts on what it will take for a technology like OpenID to penetrate higher ed and where it fits in the broader portoflio of identity management technologies (of which I'm not an expert). Does anyone know of other organizations experimenting with OpenID? There are a few references to it in our listserv archives (which I've yet to delve into), but I've yet to see much in the way of concrete discussion about the role of OpenID in higher education and why organizations are going to adopt it (or not). In any event, kudos to Jeremy and to Case for experimenting in this area.

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OpenID wiki

Submitted by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2007 - 9:16am.

Just found a few more examples of folks implementing it in higher ed, so I've started a wiki page at:

http://connect.educause.edu/wiki/openid

Please contribute if you have the time/interest.

		OpenID at Case Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2007 Back in February, I pondered the future of OpenID in higher education. Earlier this week, I commented on Theresa Rowe's blog entry about managing online identities and provided a pointer to the Appalachian FireFox add-in from MIT's SIMILE project. While it was top of mind, I did a quick scan to see if I could find any new and interesting uses of OpenID in higher education. I happened to run across an experimental provider from Case. So, after a little digging, Lev directed me to Jeremy and he was gracious enough to share a little background. Apparently, the effort evolved from curiousity in the spec and remains "experimental," but it is very, very interesting. Jeremy has blogged about it here and I just found an interesting write up about it over at The Observer Online (March 23, 2007). How did I miss that!?! It sounds like there was some interest in integrating it into the CAS distribution as well, but I'm not sure where that activity stands. It looks like there has been some interesting discussion on that front and there appears to be a wiki page describing how to implement OpenID through CAS. Interestingly, one of the students left a comment on Jeremy's blog wondering if the service would be available after he graduates. I know many organizations provide email addresses to their alumni and I can certainly see where it might be interesting to retain greater organizational afflilation when managing one of their online identities. Might this be the "killer app" that gets OpenId into higher ed? Anyone have any thoughts on what it will take for a technology like OpenID to penetrate higher ed and where it fits in the broader portoflio of identity management technologies (of which I'm not an expert). Does anyone know of other organizations experimenting with OpenID? There are a few references to it in our listserv archives (which I've yet to delve into), but I've yet to see much in the way of concrete discussion about the role of OpenID in higher education and why organizations are going to adopt it (or not). In any event, kudos to Jeremy and to Case for experimenting in this area. CAS \| Identity and Access Management \| MIT \| openid \| simile Matt's blog Login or register to post comments 4112 reads OpenID wiki Submitted by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on August 10, 2007 - 9:16am. Just found a few more examples of folks implementing it in higher ed, so I've started a wiki page at: http://connect.educause.edu/wiki/openid Please contribute if you have the time/interest. Login or register to post comments
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