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Ethics and Privacy in Learning Analytics: The Rise of Chief Privacy and Chief Ethics Officers

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Ethical Use of Information Technology in Higher Education

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Some of the most popular goals of learning analytics are the retention of students, optimization of learning, and data-driven decision making. However, ethics and privacy are among the challenges of learning analytics. Although a few ethics and privacy guidelines were developed along the time, there is still a shortage of leadership necessary to ensure the strategic planning and monitoring of learning analytics. A discussion regarding the role of the chief privacy and chief ethics officers at the university is provided.

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Timofte, R.S. (2022). Ethics and Privacy in Learning Analytics: The Rise of Chief Privacy and Chief Ethics Officers. In: Mâță, L. (eds) Ethical Use of Information Technology in Higher Education. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1951-9_8

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