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MOOCs Are Global. So Where Do They Stand With New European Privacy Laws?

Edsurge

And that’s forcing companies and colleges around the globe to reevaluate their data policies and practices. The new law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will require that any entity that processes personal data for E.U. MOOC-provider Coursera, for example, claims to have 6.5 million in Europe.

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Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

The second principle is perhaps even more interesting and relates to personal metrics: "As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e., Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms).

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. " Tagged on: March 10, 2017 When Extensions Go Bad | The Electric Educator → Keeping your devices and data private requires vigilance and caution. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”