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Enhancing education infrastructure and learner mobility through NRENs

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Worldclass education? Interoperability is key!

Evelien Renders, SURF

Ewoud de Kok, Feedback Fruits

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Why interoperability?

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Top 3 challenges student mobility

We're working on this because…

  • a student's journey doesn’t stop at the walls of the campus
  • we waste public money, brainpower, and expertise by investing in point solutions
  • fragmentation hinders a seamless student journey and hinders innovation.

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Organizing integrated access for students to course catalogues of European universities

Organizing identity and access management for students across universities

Issuing and recognition of digital credentials

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Current international players

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Why map internationally?

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Narrative around interoperability

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Why is interoperability key?

SURF programme international interoperability for education. Together with graphic designer, Dirma Janse.

⚠️ Please note that this graphic is not public yet: do not share ⚠️

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Current iteration, comments in Miro are welcome

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVMIto1Sc=/?share_link_id=314293571174

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Background - first iteration of sketches:

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVMLZfmw8=/?share_link_id=602890035855

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Visualisation: Dirma Janse, for SURF

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Why Europe, why NRENs?

  • Europe has shown its strength in collaboration and joint agreements.
  • The European educational sector proved to be able to set a common agenda.
  • European universities have a strong tradition of collaboration.
  • Strong community of education institutions

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What are we working on?

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Some European interoperability working groups

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Interoperability Group

  • 20 people | EU
  • All educational sectors, but focus on higher ed (EUI)

Think Tank

  • 17 people | EU focus
  • Ecosystem focus

NRENs for Edu-pilot

  • Proposal being discussed right now
  • 8 NRENs involved

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Workshop Interoperability November 2023

for European Digital Eudcation Hub in Berlin

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Dragana Kupres | CARNET | 5 June 2023

GÉANT TF-EDU:

edu services 2023 survey findings

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TF EDU surveys

2019-2023

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Maturity of edu services

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Edu services maturity level

Data source: TF-EDU survey 2023

Graph: Jasna TIngle

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Number of edu services

Data source: TF-EDU survey 2023

Graph: Daniel Wustenberg

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provided and in development / by NREN

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Who is working on what?

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EduXS data model

  • Work in progress
  • see www.EduXS.eu for a link to the database and wireframe

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Example: For admission of students - OOAPI, eduAPI, OCCAPI

See overview about OOAPI: https://airtable.com/shrwuS10Fdxkiih2Z

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Timeline EduXS

  • April – June 2023:
    • EduXS.eu data model
    • Data solidification
    • Views for Edustandaard, Edu-V and Npuls
  • August – September 2023:
    • Public views accessible via www.eduxs.eu
    • Private views shared with specific people
    • September onwards….
  • Governance? Funding? Review cycle?

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Any questions?

Thank you