Category: Legal Issues

Notes from Utrecht Workshop on Ethics and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics

Post author By Niall Sclater
Post date October 29, 2014
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I’m back from yesterday’s excellent Workshop on Ethics & Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics in Utrecht organised by LACE and SURF. Hendrik Drachsler from the Open University of the Netherlands kicked off the session by presenting a background to learning analytics and some of the resulting ethical and privacy issues. He mentioned the situation in […]

Code of Practice Ethics Legal Issues

Code of practice “essential” for learning analytics

Post author By Niall Sclater
Post date September 18, 2014
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We had a lively session on ethics and legal issues at the Jisc Effective Learning Analytics workshop last week, kicking it off by outlining some of the key questions in this area: Who should have access to data about students’ online activities? Are there any circumstances when collecting data about students is unacceptable/undesirable? Should students be […]