Opening Glow

John Johnston & Ian Stuart Glow product Owners

Glow is the Scottish Schools National Intranet. This is a major national ICT and telecommunications programme managed by Education Scotland. The funding for Glow came from the Scottish Government and the project is a collaboration between local authorities, Education Scotland and RM Education.

Glow 2007Sharepoint 2003

2010Wikis and Forums and Blogs, Oh My!

ICT excellence ReportJanuary 2013

• The Excellence Group recommends that there should continue to be a Scottish schools digital learning environment. The new service should be as open as possible, with only personal and procured content and services behind an authentication barrier.

• Ensure that system analytics are openly accessible and easy to use for all users and the interested public.

Layer 3 – everything else

Structure

Layer 1 - Integrated Services (via SSO, API, Oauth etc.)

Layer 2 – not integrated but supported

Core ServicesIdentify Management &

Storage Service

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Operating Conditions

Open Wi-Fi for All Fast broadband Guidance onfiltering policy

Bring your ownDevice/Technology

Focus on Education/Internet Safety

• MS365: Not open by default or in its current setup

• Other migrating services, Glow TV, Blogs• Services being replaced, wikis• All in safety mode in the first instance,

secure then enhance, this leads into the

Glow Now

Glow Future

• As yet unnamed project, here lies our wiggle room but patience is needed.

• Both of us are committed to working in the open....

• Why is this presentation not in glow, because glow is not yet open enough to share with you...

Open Glow: Interesting Problems

• data protection• child protection• engagement of teachers• government, ip• local authorities ip (income generation)

Getting to Open

• The technology is the easy bit, culture is harder we need help from folk further along the road.

John Johnston & Ian Stuart Glow product Owners