Authenticating distance education students
Parry, M. (2009) Online Educators Won’t Have to Spy on Students, New Rules Say Chronicle of Higher Education June 3 My first reaction to this headline was that this was another case of American...
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Can web 2.0 tools be legally used for education in Canada?
I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent Learning in Hand site, and myself: I have recently...
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McCrea, B. (2010) How Solid is Your Clouded Data? Campus Technology, September 9 If you have the patience to get beyond the really irritating pop-up advert on every page now of Campus Technology, this...
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Cloud-based educational technology and privacy: a Canadian perspective
© redtimmy 2011 Klassen, V. (2011) Privacy and Cloud-Based Educational Technology in British Columbia Vancouver BC: BCCampus This discussion paper is probably the most important paper I have read...
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Facebook and institutional privacy policy
© The Higher Ed CIO, 2011 Bishop, J. (2011) Facebook Privacy Policy: Will Changes End Facebook for Colleges? The Higher Ed CIO, October 4 This article discusses the risks to institutions in using...
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Why learning management systems are not going away
Will new LMSs change the teaching and learning environment? Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive...
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2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond
Taking the long view Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail on January 4 wrote an interesting piece on prediction, entitled: “Gadgets alone don’t make the future.” Having shown how amazingly accurate...
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Balancing the use of social media and privacy protection in online learning
Figure 9.9 Privacy ranking by Privacy International, 2007Red: Endemic surveillance societiesStrong yellow: Systemic failure to uphold safeguardsPale yellow: Some safeguards but weakened...
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Privacy and the use of learning analytics
Image: from Michael Radford’s movie, 1984 – Big Brother is watching you! Warrell, H. (2105) Students under surveillance Financial Times, July 24 Applications of learning analytics This is a thoughtful...
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Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics
Image: SecurityCamExpert, 2013 Drachsler, H. et al. (2016) Is Privacy a Show-stopper for Learning Analytics? A Review of Current Issues and Their Solutions Learning Analytics Review, no. 6, January...
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Our responsibility in protecting institutional, student and personal data in...
Image: © Tony Bates, 2018 WCET (2018) Data Protection and Privacy Boulder CO: WCET United States Attorney’s Office (2018) Nine Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign On Behalf Of...
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Zuckerberg’s Frankenstein
© The Mind Reels Prosecutor: Dr. Frankenberg, are you aware that there is a monster roaming the countryside, stealing all the villagers’ personal information? Dr. Frankenberg: Yes, sir, I am....
View ArticleA bill of rights for cloud computing?
McCrea, B. (2010) How Solid is Your Clouded Data? Campus Technology, September 9 If you have the patience to get beyond the really irritating pop-up advert on every page now of Campus Technology, this...
View ArticleCloud-based educational technology and privacy: a Canadian perspective
Klassen, V. (2011) Privacy and Cloud-Based Educational Technology in British Columbia Vancouver BC: BCCampus This discussion paper is probably the most important paper I have read this year...
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Bishop, J. (2011) Facebook Privacy Policy: Will Changes End Facebook for Colleges? The Higher Ed CIO, October 4 This article discusses the risks to institutions in using Facebook, following Facebook’s...
View ArticleWhy learning management systems are not going away
Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options and the Implications for...
View Article2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond
Taking the long view Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail on January 4 wrote an interesting piece on prediction, entitled: “Gadgets alone don’t make the future.” Having shown how amazingly accurate...
View ArticleBalancing the use of social media and privacy protection in online learning
This is the last of the SECTIONS criteria for selecting media for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital World. The last ‘S’ stands for Security and Privacy. This is a change from earlier...
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Warrell, H. (2105) Students under surveillance Financial Times, July 24 Applications of learning analytics This is a thoughtful article in the Financial Times about the pros and cons of using learning...
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Drachsler, H. et al. (2016) Is Privacy a Show-stopper for Learning Analytics? A Review of Current Issues and Their Solutions Learning Analytics Review, no. 6, January 2016, ISSN: 2057-7494 About LACE...
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