Here you can submit your proposal for a topic to be discussed with the NREN and educational community to address these questions:
- Why it is important for you?
- Why is it relevant for your NREN?
- Why should we discuss / collaborate about it internationally?
| Title / Topic | Pitch (150 words) | Name of submitter | Email of submitter |
|---|---|---|---|
| (example) | This issue is relevant for teachers, students, university deans and CIOs as well as the national NRENs. It is a future activity that will gain more importance in the future....e.t.c. | gyongyi.horvath@geant.org | |
| Stimulating the adoption of open standards | In higher education, ICT is used more and more for collaboration and communication purposes. But not every institution uses the same software. Interoperability allows for improved compatibility between different systems, and makes it easier to share data. Using standards enables data to be exchanged simply, securely and reliably, which benefits the quality of the exchange. It is also more economical and efficient to create and maintain a single interface and to avoid supplier dependence. Reaping the full benefits of standards requires a widespread adoption; applications can only be interfaced simply if as many parties as possible commit to the standards. As NRENs we can play an important role in stimulating the application of standards at suppliers, who work cross border. We can also play a joint role in promoting standards at institutions by promoting standards that are important for organizing future-proof education. | Jasmijn Wijn (SURFnet) & Wietze de Vries (SUNET) | jasmijn.wijn@surfnet.nl (on leave from 19 September till 14 October 2019) |
| eduID | In the society of the future, boundaries between institutions fade. Students want to study outside of their own institution, even international. They are interested in a variety of different courses or they want to combine subjects that cannot be found within a single institution. Moreover, education institutions are offering joint programmes. | Michiel Schok (SURFnet) | |
| e-Assessment / digital exams | |||
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| Edu sevices i NRENs and organizational aspects | Traditional NREN is increasing its service portfolio within education solutions. Many of these services are quite different from traditional services in NREN. Much is about joint procurement, follow-up of major international suppliers, influence and development of major solutions used in an international education market, risk management, collaboration on joint work processes, facilitation of collaboration on training and experience sharing between universities, development of joint integrations, etc. Some questions that may be interesting to discuss:
| Vegard Moen, Unit | vegard.moen@unit.no |