ERIC Number: EJ1414923
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-144X
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1324
Clouds in the Silver Lining of Learning Analytics: Ethical Tensions for Educational Developers
Allyson Skene; Laura Winer; Erika Kustra
International Journal for Academic Development, v29 n1 p128-140 2024
This article explores potential uses, misuses, beneficiaries, and tensions of learning analytics in higher education. While those promoting and using learning analytics generally agree that ethical practice is imperative, and student privacy and rights are important, navigating the complex maze of ethical dilemmas can be challenging, particularly in situations involving competing principles. We tease out the 'clouds' behind the silver lining of learning analytics and propose a principles-based operational framework for ethical data governance to help educational developers navigate situations involving individual and institutional uses of learner data, where what might be legally and technologically permissible is not necessarily ethical.
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Higher Education, Ethics, Privacy, Student Rights, Data Collection, Governance, Foreign Countries, Data Use, Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois; Australia
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