EP4LA@LAK16 EthicalandPrivacyIssuesintheDesignof

LearningAnalyticsApplications

ToreHoelOsloandAkershusUniversityCollegeofAppliedSciences

Norway

#EP4LA

2ndEP4LAworkshop@LAK

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DesignofLAapplications–LAprocesses

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WorkshoporganisedbyToreHoel,AlanBerg,WeiqinChen,AdamCooper,

HendrikDrachsler,RebeccaFerguson,GáborKismihókandMarenScheffel

Agendafortoday

• Introductiontotheworkshop–settingthescenebypointingtosomeimportantworkbyLACEprojectandothers• PresentationoftheSpecialIssueofJournalofLearningAnalyticsonEP4LA• VisionoftheFuturestudy• TheLACEReviewonEthics&Privacy• TheDELICATEframework

• Paperpresentations• Verhagen,Dalibert,Lucivero,Timan,&Co:Designingvaluesinanadaptive

learningplatform• Hoel,Chen,&Cho:PrivacyRequirementsforLearningAnalytics–fromPolicies

toTechnicalSolutions• Cho,Hoel,&Chen:MappingaPrivacyFrameworktoaReferenceModelof

LearningAnalytics• Vivitsou&Saadatmand:Privacyintheeraofbigdataandlearninganalytics:

ethicalconsiderationsandpositions• BuildinganagendaforEP4LAactionsonpolitical,organisationalandtechnicallevels 6

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Learnerscontroltheirown data

Absolutelyessential.

Organisationsmustnotrelyonthedata,buttrytobuildtrustwiththeirlearnerssothatlearnersseethebenefitof

sharing.

Canweassumethat"data

owners"knowwhattodowiththeirdata?-Somepeoplecan'tevenmanagethe

moneyintheirpockets

Usersshouldbeentitledtoknowhowtheirdataareinterrogatedandusedandforwhatreasons.Thisshouldbemadeexplicitandeasytounderstand

Greatlylimitsourabilitytoeffectivelyuselearninganalyticstoimprove

learningforALLstudents.

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[Vision2]soundslikewearerobotscontrolledbyour

algorithmicoverlords

[Vision3]developinganunderclassoflimited-dimensionroboticised

learners…putsusonapathtoanOrwellianfuture

[Vision1]Lossoffreewill,lossof

humanity

[Vision7]Thenotionthatweshouldbe

expectedtolearnnon-negotiableoutcomes

thatarepredeterminedbydesignersandprogrammersis

abhorrent

[Vision6]thefearisturningusintoautomatonsdirectedbyalogorithms

Alienation

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[Vision2]Perhapskeyconcepts

includedinthefundamentalhumanrightsdeclaration

[Vision6]Supplementcurrentprivacylawsandpolicieswithextraprovisionstopenalise

anyrestrictivekindofeducationselection

[Vision1]Ethicalandprivacypolicy

mustbeestablishedanda

highleveloftransparency

[Vision3]Establishnormsofgoodpractice

earlyon

[Vision3]Analyticsisbeingusedinschoolswithnoconsideration

ofethics

[Vision4]Companieswhobuydatashouldpayforinfrastructure,notthosewhouseit

Ethics

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Paperpresentations

• Verhagen,Dalibert,Lucivero,Timan,&Co:Designingvaluesinanadaptivelearningplatform

• Hoel,Chen,&Cho:PrivacyRequirementsforLearningAnalytics–fromPoliciestoTechnicalSolutions

• Cho,Hoel,&Chen:MappingaPrivacyFrameworktoaReferenceModelofLearningAnalytics

• Vivitsou&Saadatmand:Privacyintheeraofbigdataandlearninganalytics:ethicalconsiderationsandpositions

• CoffeeBreak2:30PM• Close4:30PM

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http://bit.ly/lak16-ethics

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