1. Campus Canada: Secure Validations of Competence Assertions Griff Richards, Marek Hatala Simon Fraser University Surrey Peter Donkers Campus Canada TenCompetence, Sofia, Bulgaria, 30 Mar 2006

2. Campus Canada

3. Consortium:  smaller universities,  regional colleges and  employer organizations Focus on life-long learning Bridging workplace and academic opportunities

4. Life-long learning Work School College

5. Record of Learning 1. Permanent personal record 2. Accessed through e- portfolio 3. Validated records:  academic transcripts  foreign evaluations  workplace credits

6. Four questions 1. How do you create an e-portfolio of authenticated records that can continue to grow with learner? 1. How do you create an e-portfolio of authenticated records that can continue to grow with learner? 2. How do you keep college Registrars in control of transcripts? 2. How do you keep college Registrars in control of transcripts? 3. How can workplace trainers be encouraged to participate? 4. How to ensure security and protection of privacy in a distributed federation?

7. Previous Prototype ► Compile a statement of record ► Submit for validation ► Clerk contacts each source and validates every record ► Secure signed document placed in e- portfolio

8. Problems ► 1. Labour intensive ► 2. Difficult to validate old records ► 3. Difficult to validate foreign records ► 4. Difficult to update ► 5. No audit trail

9. Prototype 2006 ► 1. Work with individual assertions ► 2. Work directly with  institutions  foreign credential evaluators  employers ► 3. Audit trail of signed pdf documents ► 4. Provide on-line verification ► 5. Certificate-based authentication

10. Work Flow - Validate LearnerRoL systemUniversityViewer Create assertion Request validation Notify Univ.Verify ID Transcript Send PDF Store PDF √ assertion Notify Learner

11. Work Flow - Verify LearnerRoL systemUniversityViewer Use assertion In View Notify ViewerBrowse view See PDF Verify? checksum PDF Yes / No

12. Work Flow - Revoke LearnerRoL systemUniversityViewer Aaarrrgh!!! Locate RoL Revoke PDF Message annotate PDF “Not Valid” Message Learner Verify?

13. Work Flow - WS Load LearnerRoL systemWorkplaceViewer Yes!!! Register Learner(s) Generate class list Match to ID Sign/Send PDF/XML store PDF Message Learner Permission RoL ID

14. Status ► 1. Prototype done & tested ► 2. Integration with live site in progress ► 3. Usability Review in progress ► www.campuscanada.ca

15. Future Work ► 1. Update Interface ► 2. Field Test ► 3. Re-code e-portfolio component ► ?. Competence definitions & standards ► 4. Deploy for select occupation groups:  Bank clerks, Police, Military ► 5. e-transcript exchange service

16. Questions?

17. Thank you Thank you griff@sfu.ca