1. Using a Shibboleth Trust Federation to create “Joint Lessons” with LAMS James Dalziel & Ernie Ghiglione Macquarie E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE) Macquarie University james@melcoe.mq.edu.au; ernieg@melcoe.mq.edu.au www.melcoe.mq.edu.au Presentation for Second International LAMS Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 26 th November, 2007

2. Overview Shibboleth Trust Federations Australian Access Federation LAMS Joint Classes demonstration Muradora secure TLF object delivery Questions

3. Shibboleth Trust Federations A Trust Federation is a combination of technology and policy infrastructure that allows different organisations to collaborate in a secure and distributed way. Shibboleth is the world’s leading Trust Federation technology for the education and research sector –Shibboleth Trust Federations are being rolled out in Australia (MAMS testbed; Australian Access Federation), New Zealand, UK, USA and many other countries.

5. Australian Access Federation The Australian Access Federation project is taking forward the work of the MAMS (Shibboleth) and e-Security (PKI) projects to develop a unified trust federation for higher education and research –Policy and governance –PKI and Shibboleth production rollout –Adoption support, workshops, supporting systems, etc For details, see www.aaf.edu.au

6. Demonstrations Using Shibboleth and LAMS to create “Joint Lessons” across classes from different educational institutions –Without requiring IT staff assistance with accounts, etc Trusted repository access –Muradora (Shibboleth-based, Java front-end to Fedora repository, XACML for authorisation) –Can be used for delivery of Learning Objects (eg, TLF)

7. Integration with NZ MoE ESAA The Demonstrations are based on the existing MAMS Testbed Federation NZ Ministry of Education ESAA project has joined the MAMS Testbed as an Identity Provider –Illustrates potential for connection between different federations LAMS example illustrates potential for join classes across different countries –Shibboleth enabling of LAMS supported by NZ MoE –Ready for real world trials in 2008 Email me if interested (james@melcoe.mq.edu.au) Thanks to NZ MoE for supporting this work

8. A A Using Shibboleth in LAMS to create dynamic “Joint Classes”

9. Demonstration For an animated walkthrough of LAMS Joint Lessons, see http://saturn.melcoe.mq.edu.au/lams2/docs/winks/shib1.htm

10. A A Muradora: Shibboleth and XACML-based Fedora Repository

11. Questions