eduID speelt een rol in de flexibilisering van het onderwijs. Studenten willen meer vrijheid om hun eigen curriculum samen te stellen, binnen én buiten de eigen onderwijsinstelling. Met eduID melden ze zich eenvoudig aan voor een vak of minor bij een andere instelling. Ook na hun studie kunnen ze eduID blijven gebruiken voor opleidingen en cursussen. Daarnaast geven instellingen externen, zoals gastdocenten, onderzoekers en externe adviseurs, eenvoudiger toegang tot relevante applicaties.
eduID
Single digital identity for education and research
Students want to shape their own educational careers. This creates logistical and administrative challenges. With eduID, students have an institution-independent digital identity they can use at any educational institution: before, during and after their studies.
Advantages
Reducing administrative burden
Reducing the administrative burden created by increasing flexibility, student mobility, cooperation between institutions and lifelong development.
Reliable identity
Provide reliable access to groups such as prospects, outside students, external researchers, internship supervisors, guest lecturers, alumni or professionals.
Replaces institution account: recognise both own and external students
eduID will eventually replace an institution's accounts and then provide harmonisation in recognising 'external' and 'internal' students.
Single identity for access to education
With eduID, an end user can access education with a single account; similar to what DigiD is for accessing government services.
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Wat betekent eduID voor het onderwijs?
Applications eduID
Student mobility via eduXchange
With an eduID, students can register for a course at another institution with a single click. They do so on the eduXchange.nl platform.
edu badges
More and more students want to study in smaller units. They must therefore be certified separately. This can be done with edubadges: digital visual badges that include information about the course taken and the number of ECTS credits. edubadges are assigned to the eduID.
eduID in research
In research, eduID is used to give researchers without an institutional account access to research services, such as SURF Research Cloud. For example, when research collaborations consist of researchers from different companies participating in university research projects. Or when citizens (under the banner of 'citizen science') need access, for example to supply data for research projects.
Webinars eduID
eduID: what is it and what can you do with it?
In webinar, SURF, the LDE Alliance and Npuls give an introductory webinar on eduID: what is it and what can you do with it?
Getting started with eduID
In this webinar, Peter Clijsters (project manager eduID) and Peter Havekes (technical product manager eduID) will show, using practical examples, how to implement eduID technically.
eduID and Npuls
eduID also plays a role in the National Growth Fund programme Npuls, namely in the Digital Sector Facilities component and in Agile organised education. The aim of Npuls is to improve the quality of education, increase the agility of education and improve the digital skills of teachers and learners. Together with Npuls, SURF ensures broad roll-out of eduID in Dutch education and research.
eduID in de praktijk
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Students taking courses at another school or guest lecturers who need temporary access to systems: flexible education requires a smart and future-proof digital infrastructure. At Aventus vocational college, work on this is already well underway. IT architect Paul de Wit explains the key role played by eduID.
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In this practical example, you can read what the LDE alliance uses eduID for.
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In SURF Research Cloud, thousands of researchers work together. Not all researchers have an institutional account, but with an eduID they can still access SURF Research Cloud quickly and securely. Ivar Janmaat of SURF explains how this works. Together with his team, he developed SURF Research Cloud.
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More about eduID
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Mbo, hbo and wo are working towards a single, shared digital educational identity. This will make student mobility between institutions easier, give learners greater control over their own data, and…
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Many institutions that want to work with eduID have the same questions. We have now compiled the most frequently asked questions and answers in this blog. Frequently asked questions about eduID; the digital identity for education and research.
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