Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics

Hendrik Drachsler; Tore Hoel; Maren Scheffel; Gabor Kismihok; Alan Berg; Rebecca Ferguson; Weiqin Chen; Adam Cooper; Jocelyn Manderveld

doi:10.1145/2723576.2723642

Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics

Hendrik Drachsler, Tore Hoel, Maren Scheffel, Gabor Kismihok, Alan Berg, Rebecca Ferguson, Weiqin Chen, Adam Cooper, Jocelyn Manderveld

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Article in proceeding › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

The large-scale production, collection, aggregation, and processing of information from various learning platforms and online environments have led to ethical and privacy concerns regarding potential harm to individuals and society. In the past, these types of concern have impacted on areas as diverse as computer science, legal studies and surveillance studies. Within a European consortium that brings together the EU project LACE, the SURF SIG Learning Analytics, the Apereo Foundation and the EATEL SIG dataTEL, we aim to understand the issues with greater clarity, and to find ways of overcoming the issues and research challenges related to ethical and privacy aspects of learning analytics practice. This interactive workshop aims to raise awareness of major ethics and privacy issues. It will also be used to develop practical solutions to advance the application of learning analytics technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge
Place of Publication	New York, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	390-391
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-3417-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2723576.2723642
Publication status	Published - 16 Mar 2015
Event	The 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference: Scaling Up: Big Data to Big Impact - Marist College, Poughkeepsie, United States Duration: 16 Mar 2015 → 20 Mar 2015 Conference number: 5 http://lak15.solaresearch.org/home

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Series	ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	The 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference
Abbreviated title	LAK'15
Country/Territory	United States
City	Poughkeepsie
Period	16/03/15 → 20/03/15
Internet address	http://lak15.solaresearch.org/home

Keywords

learning analytics
ethics
privacy
legal rights
data ownership
surveillance

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Drachsler, H., Hoel, T., Scheffel, M., Kismihok, G., Berg, A., Ferguson, R., Chen, W., Cooper, A., & Manderveld, J. (2015). Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge (pp. 390-391). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2723576.2723642

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Drachsler, H, Hoel, T, Scheffel, M, Kismihok, G, Berg, A, Ferguson, R, Chen, W, Cooper, A & Manderveld, J 2015, Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics. in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, USA, ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 390-391, The 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, 16/03/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2723576.2723642

Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics. / Drachsler, Hendrik; Hoel, Tore; Scheffel, Maren et al.
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2015. p. 390-391 (ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Article in proceeding › Academic › peer-review

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Drachsler H, Hoel T, Scheffel M, Kismihok G, Berg A, Ferguson R et al. Ethical and Privacy Issues in the Application of Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2015. p. 390-391. (ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/2723576.2723642

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