edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

This will require further funding and technological solutions to deal with the vast inequality between the students who have full and fast access to online education, and the many students who still do not. He has started having small-group discussions with school principals to learn about key issues and what can help to resolve them.

Online Learning 54

Online Learning Student Data Privacy Learning Data 54

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention.

EdTech 150

EdTech Student Data Privacy Industry Social Media 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention.

EdTech 150

EdTech Student Data Privacy Industry Social Media 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

2016 has been a busy year for data privacy advocates. University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game.

EdTech 60

EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Software 60

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

EdSurge: Barbara, your group, Project Information Literacy, recently published a report where you sat down with professors and students to talk about algorithms and how they’re impacting our lives. Short: I underwent that very formal legal process to try to get my data. How did you go about the study?

Education 96

Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 96

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. It’s the closest thing BCPS has to a privacy official, Corns says. He also spends a lot of time on contract reviews, he says.

Student Data Privacy 135

Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In a report publicly released in October 2020 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) counted 99 school data breaches over the past four years, from July 2016 to May 2020, that compromised the personal information of thousands of students in kindergarten through high school. Our students deserve that.

Pearson 144

Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 144

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Advertising for the device is tailored to adults, but researchers outside of the company want to know if the devices can help calm students down as well—and keep them out of the principal’s office. To find out, professors at Kansas State University put the headset on a group of students. Food and Drug Administration.

Classroom 102

Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 102

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. What then of the students?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. What then of the students?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 The Top 10: Student Privacy News (Feb-March 2017) | Future of Privacy Forum → If you care about student data privacy, worth the read and worth signing up for the email newsletter. It is a massive innovative market with supportive government policies and strong market demand.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. The Administration and colleges should also consider how innovation impacts various groups, particularly traditionally underrepresented or underserved students.

EdTech 60

EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) November 10, 2016. What will happen to the massive amounts of data that education has collected? To data about students’ immigration status?

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” (I guess this is some sort of follow-up to this 2016 story in Edsurge touting Education Element’s work helping districts implement personalized learning.). Homework help company Knowbox has raised $100 million from YF Capital and TAL Education Group. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. million total.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. By 2016, Glam Media, rebranded as Mode Media, shut its doors , transferring ownership of Ning to Cyndx. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Via The Establishment : “Conservative Group Launches Watchlist For Liberal Professors.” ” The group in question: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Elsewhere in for-profit higher ed: “ Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges,” The New York Times reports.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Via International Business Times : “Who Funds Conservative Campus Group Turning Point USA ? Private school chain Fusion Education Group has raised an undisclosed amount of money from Leeds Equity Partners. Loss In 2016.” ” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. Donors Revealed.”

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. Via The New York Times : “ Canada Beckons International Students With a Path to Citizenship.” Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Education in the Courts.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40