Campus Canada: Secure Validations of Competence Assertions Griff Richards, Marek Hatala Simon Fraser...

Campus Canada:Campus Canada:Secure Validations of Secure Validations of Competence AssertionsCompetence Assertions

Griff Richards, Marek HatalaGriff Richards, Marek HatalaSimon Fraser University SurreySimon Fraser University Surrey

Peter DonkersPeter DonkersCampus CanadaCampus Canada

TenCompetence, Sofia, Bulgaria, 30 Mar TenCompetence, Sofia, Bulgaria, 30 Mar 20062006

Campus CanadaCampus Canada

Campus CanadaCampus Canada

Consortium:Consortium: smaller universities,smaller universities, regional colleges and regional colleges and employer organizationsemployer organizations

Focus on life-long Focus on life-long learninglearning

Bridging workplace and Bridging workplace and academic academic opportunitiesopportunities

Life-long learningLife-long learning

Work

School

College

Record of LearningRecord of Learning

1.1. Permanent personal Permanent personal recordrecord

2.2. Accessed through e-Accessed through e-portfolioportfolio

3.3. Validated records:Validated records: academic transcriptsacademic transcripts foreign evaluationsforeign evaluations workplace creditsworkplace credits

Four questionsFour questions

1.1. How do you create an e-portfolio of authenticated How do you create an e-portfolio of authenticated records that can continue to grow with learner?  records that can continue to grow with learner?  

2.2. How do you keep college Registrars in control of How do you keep college Registrars in control of transcripts?  transcripts?  

3.3. How can workplace trainers be encouraged to How can workplace trainers be encouraged to participate? participate?

4.4. How to ensure security and protection of privacy How to ensure security and protection of privacy in a distributed federation?in a distributed federation?

Previous PrototypePrevious Prototype

►Compile a statement of recordCompile a statement of record►Submit for validationSubmit for validation►Clerk contacts each source and Clerk contacts each source and

validates every record validates every record ►Secure signed document placed in e-Secure signed document placed in e-

portfolioportfolio

ProblemsProblems

►1. Labour intensive 1. Labour intensive ►2. Difficult to validate old records2. Difficult to validate old records►3. Difficult to validate foreign records 3. Difficult to validate foreign records ►4. Difficult to update 4. Difficult to update ►5. No audit trail5. No audit trail

Prototype 2006Prototype 2006

►1. Work with individual assertions 1. Work with individual assertions ►2. Work directly with 2. Work directly with

institutionsinstitutions foreign credential evaluators foreign credential evaluators employersemployers

►3. Audit trail of signed pdf documents3. Audit trail of signed pdf documents►4. Provide on-line verification4. Provide on-line verification►5. Certificate-based authentication5. Certificate-based authentication

Work Flow - ValidateWork Flow - Validate

Learner RoL system University Viewer

Create assertionRequest validation

Notify Univ. Verify ID

Transcript

Send PDFStore PDF

√ assertion

Notify Learner

Work Flow - VerifyWork Flow - Verify

Learner RoL system University Viewer

Use assertionIn View

Notify Viewer Browse view

See PDF Verify?checksum PDF

Yes / No

Work Flow - RevokeWork Flow - Revoke

Learner RoL system University Viewer

Aaarrrgh!!!

Locate RoL

Revoke PDF Message

annotate PDF

“Not Valid”

Message Learner

Verify?

Work Flow - WS Work Flow - WS Load Load

Learner RoL system Workplace Viewer

Yes!!!

Register Learner(s)

Generate class list

Match to ID

Sign/Send PDF/XML

store PDF

Message Learner

Permission RoL ID

StatusStatus

►1. Prototype done & tested1. Prototype done & tested►2. Integration with live site in progress2. Integration with live site in progress►3. Usability Review in progress3. Usability Review in progress

►www.campuscanada.cawww.campuscanada.ca

Future WorkFuture Work

►1. Update Interface1. Update Interface►2. Field Test2. Field Test►3. Re-code e-portfolio component3. Re-code e-portfolio component►?. Competence definitions & standards?. Competence definitions & standards►4. Deploy for select occupation groups:4. Deploy for select occupation groups:

Bank clerks, Police, MilitaryBank clerks, Police, Military

►5. e-transcript exchange service5. e-transcript exchange service

Questions? Questions?

Thank youThank you

griff@sfu.cagriff@sfu.ca