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Privacy statements are relatively new and often not incorporated into higher education course syllabi, even as the need for such statements has increased. In their 2019 research¹, Dr. Kyle Jones and Dr. Amy VanScoy note that few faculty include privacy statements in […]
This article philosophically analyzes online exam supervision technologies, which have been thrust into the public spotlight due to campus lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing...
Thinkful, an online education site for developers, has confirmed a data breach, just days after it confirmed it would be acquired. “We recently discovered that an unauthorized party may have gained access to certain Thinkful company credentials so, out of an abundance of caution, we are notifying all of our users,” said Erin Rosenblatt, the […]
Critics say ExamSoft discriminates against students of color.
The rapid shift to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the penetration of an algorithmic world view into education systems around the world. Promoted by a burgeoning educational technology industry, platforms that use algorithms to structure and monitor teaching and learning have been presented as technical...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2020Press contact: lia@fightforthefuture.org In an open letter, over 2000 parents are calling on textbook publisher McGraw-Hill to end it’s relationship with proctoring app Proctorio. Specifically, parents are demanding an end to pairing proctoring apps, which digital rights experts have characterized as ‘indistinguishable from spyware’, with course materials. The letter argues […]
With Insights, educators can distills the key story and trends behind the classroom data to better inform engagement with students and class outcomes. They can closely track the engagement and progress of students over time and across their classes and can see spotlight cards to show trending student behaviors they may want to take action on.
Developing an effective, efficient data governance process can be a long, strenuous task, but the result is well worth the struggle it requires, parti
Students say Proctortrack, an online proctoring company that monitors students at major universities, is putting their privacy at risk. Consumer Reports shares details on how students' sensitive data was an easy target for hackers.
S.T.O.P.’s whitepaper on the the danger of using invasive tracking tools to monitor COVID-19 exposure in k-12 education.
The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy in Higher Education report explores data privacy management; examines recent privacy legislation and issues tha
Ten years ago, UMBC embarked on a journey to standardize institutional data and cultivate new ways of understanding and using data to serve the entire
In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning has brought one particular learning tool — remote invigilance, or more colloquially “online proctoring” — to the fore.
Todd Feathers made this request to University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee of Wisconsin.
Editor’s note, Nov. 17, 8:28 a.m.: On Tuesday morning, after the story’s publication, the site’s creators introduced new data protection policies in a major walkback […]