Goldie Blumenstyk, The Chronicle of Higher Education; Big Data Is Getting Bigger. So Are the Privacy and Ethical Questions.
"Big data is getting bigger. So are the privacy and ethical questions.
The next step in using “big data” for student success is upon us. It’s a little cool. And also kind of creepy.
This new approach goes beyond the tactics now used by hundreds of
colleges, which depend on data collected from sources like classroom
teaching platforms and student-information systems. It not only makes a
technological leap; it also raises issues around ethics and privacy.
Here’s how it works: Whenever you log on to a wireless network with
your cellphone or computer, you leave a digital footprint. Move from one
building to another while staying on the same network, and that network
knows how long you stayed and where you went. That data is collected
continuously and automatically from the network’s various nodes.
Now, with the help of a company called Degree Analytics, a few
colleges are beginning to use location data collected from students’
cellphones and laptops as they move around campus. Some colleges are
using it to improve the kind of advice they might send to students, like
a text-message reminder to go to class if they’ve been absent."
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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