Identity in the cyberspace with special emphasis on university education

Abstract

The society in which we live is called information-communication society. We are also the society which is each day more present in the cyberspace, which presents artificial, virtual reality created and reproduced by computer systems. Cyberspace can offer people a chance to create new identities which surpass defined classes of sex, religion, nationality, age, education, etc. According to many modern theories Internet gives the opportunity to its users to be what they have always wanted to be, to visualize and experience alternative identities through the cyberspace, with which the term of limited self is being rejected. The most important thing in all existing data bases data mining, data warehousing is the privilege of people administrators to allow, or not to allow the user to use the resources (stored in wired computer systems) on the basis of his identity. Systematic managing of these data is the simplest Identity Management (IdM). According to the fact that distant learning with the emphasis on students' mobility is becoming dominant in the university education, it is crucial to form and increase the quality of Identity Management. This paper especially deals with electronic Identity Management and its implementation in the university education. © 2011 MIPRO.