A recent library learning analytics project highlights the wide—if not widening—gap between advocates of the technology and those concerned that the value of student privacy isn’t being fully attended to. The project argues that privacy “hinges” on confidentiality. In this brief post, I will succinctly argue why confidentiality is not privacy, but privacy may include confidentiality.
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Developing Reading List on Institutional Policies and Statements on Learning Analytics
Institutional policies and statements on learning analytics have been emerging over the last couple of years. A newly published reading list attempts to aggregate these resources in one location.
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Problems with Obligations of Knowing: A Short Response to Fritz and Whitmer
In their recent article published in New Directions for Institutional Research, John Fritz and John Whitmer push back against what they perceive as a “do nothing” approach to learning analytics. This post is a brief response to some of their more contentious points.
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Three New Reading Lists Published
Today, I published three new lists related to the overlapping subjects of student privacy, learning analytics, and academic librarianship (as well as one on academic writing).
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