Workpackage 3 of the JISC PotsPan project plan was to be completed by Swansea Metropolitan as one of the project partners. The focus of the workpackage was on the use of electronic signatures for document authentication, with particular reference to their remote WBL course delivery.
The University provides Logistics and Transport courses to the Armed Forces in Germany and is currently considering delivery by online distance learning. The issue of assessment authentication would be a major consideration when approving such delivery. The implementation, testing and evaluation of the use of electronic signatures was carried out in that context.
The work was completed and shown to both meet the authentication requirements and also be highly cost-effective as the solution involved open source resources and freely available services. The details were summarised as a case study and this can be viewed below.
