Fwd: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms
Listers, Might be of interest even as we look forwad to the conversation during the Kenya IGF week. Thank you Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Winthrop Yu via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM Subject: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms To: internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> While everyone is looking at Facebook et al. ... has there been any oversight or concern over data harvesting by Learning Platforms (LMS)? Obviously, students, teachers, and other stakeholders have hardly any say in the matter. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641 "We conclude that institutions of higher education are currently ill-equipped to protect students and faculty required to use the Canvas Instructure LMS from data harvesting or exploitation. We challenge inevitability narratives and call for greater public awareness concerning the use of predictive analytics, impacts of algorithmic bias, need for algorithmic transparency, and enactment of ethical and legal protections for users who are required to use such software platforms." WYn _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A
Hello Barrack, This piqued my interest because we have recently partnered with a local LMS provider to provide an internal learning platform to our clients (well, they'll host their courses on our platform and then their staff access it through our website). But there's close to nil user data that we are collecting, as we issue them with user codes to access the platform. And so I don't see how LMS's could be compared with data harvesting by Facebook et al? I don't recall now what data I provided at Udemy for example but surely it must have just been first name, last name and email address? Regards, Kathy On Thu, 16 Sept 2021 at 09:40, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
Might be of interest even as we look forwad to the conversation during the Kenya IGF week.
Thank you
Best Regards
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Winthrop Yu via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM Subject: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms To: internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>
While everyone is looking at Facebook et al. ... has there been any oversight or concern over data harvesting by Learning Platforms (LMS)?
Obviously, students, teachers, and other stakeholders have hardly any say in the matter.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641
"We conclude that institutions of higher education are currently ill-equipped to protect students and faculty required to use the Canvas Instructure LMS from data harvesting or exploitation.
We challenge inevitability narratives and call for greater public awareness concerning the use of predictive analytics, impacts of algorithmic bias, need for algorithmic transparency, and enactment of ethical and legal protections for users who are required to use such software platforms."
WYn _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/
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This is an interesting topic. There are a number of open source Learning Management Systems, probably most famous is Moodle. This can be self-hosted and it is possible to check the software to see what is typically recorded and other online services it communicates with. Data collected can be used to improve learning outcomes. For example it is possible to automate user engagement on the platform from logins and other activity and thus catch students who are not engaged early and automate measures that gently nudge increased engagement. There also needs to be a balance with privacy and risks associated with keeping data lakes. On 9/16/21 10:31 AM, Kathy Mwai via KICTANet wrote:
Hello Barrack,
This piqued my interest because we have recently partnered with a local LMS provider to provide an internal learning platform to our clients (well, they'll host their courses on our platform and then their staff access it through our website). But there's close to nil user data that we are collecting, as we issue them with user codes to access the platform. And so I don't see how LMS's could be compared with data harvesting by Facebook et al? I don't recall now what data I provided at Udemy for example but surely it must have just been first name, last name and email address?
Regards,
Kathy
On Thu, 16 Sept 2021 at 09:40, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Listers,
Might be of interest even as we look forwad to the conversation during the Kenya IGF week.
Thank you
Best Regards
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Winthrop Yu via InternetPolicy* <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>> Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM Subject: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms To: internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>>
While everyone is looking at Facebook et al. ... has there been any oversight or concern over data harvesting by Learning Platforms (LMS)?
Obviously, students, teachers, and other stakeholders have hardly any say in the matter.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641 <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641>
"We conclude that institutions of higher education are currently ill-equipped to protect students and faculty required to use the Canvas Instructure LMS from data harvesting or exploitation.
We challenge inevitability narratives and call for greater public awareness concerning the use of predictive analytics, impacts of algorithmic bias, need for algorithmic transparency, and enactment of ethical and legal protections for users who are required to use such software platforms."
WYn _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login <https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login> and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ <https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/>
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A
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Kathy Mwai