Students have active online lives outside of our institutions. In fact most of them show up with pre-existing gmail accounts, facebook pages and other digital lives. So why isn’t higher ed more plugged in to the discussions on OpenID? The audience for OpenID is our audience — young, mobile, active, connected. Why do we force them to learn a new id and password when they enter our domain? Is it soley tradition? Given the latest advances in OpenID, and Facebook’s adoption, it might be a good idea to get this on the university-IT radar. Even better, let’s save money by phasing out student email systems, local student identity system (in favor of openID), and focus on real innovation.
You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.
Comcast Property Sees 92% Success Rate With New OpenID Method – ReadWriteWeb
Plaxo reported today that it has seen a staggering 92% of users who clicked on the “log-in with Gmail” button come back to Plaxo with permission to authenticate their identities via Gmail granted.
Facebook | OpenID User Experience Design Summit Redux
Because we want to keep it small, focused and given our limited space, the event is designed to strongly favor the participation of folks with design, user experience, usability, a/b testing and similar skills.. If you’d like to come, please request but strongly consider what you can contribute to a purely DESIGN conversation (no business or really technical bits) before attending. We will videotape the event.
5 Reasons Why Facebook + OpenID is Good News – ReadWriteWeb
Facebook has joined the OpenID Foundation, something that many OpenID advocates have hoped would happen for some time.
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