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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

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The report goes on to highlight six key technologies and practices that could provide comfort: cloud vendor management, endpoint detection and response, multifactor authentication/single sign-on, preserving data authenticity/integrity, research security, and student data privacy and governance.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

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The game was launched in July and despite mixed reviews, was downloaded some 10 million times the first week it was released. According to the Data Quality Campaign , “Student data privacy was a priority issue in state legislatures in 2016.” 11 states introduced bills modeled on language from the ACLU.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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