Ethical and privacy principles for learning analytics

@article{Pardo2014EthicalAP,
  title={Ethical and privacy principles for learning analytics},
  author={Abelardo Pardo and George Siemens},
  journal={Br. J. Educ. Technol.},
  year={2014},
  volume={45},
  pages={438-450}
}
The massive adoption of technology in learning processes comes with an equally large capacity to track learners. Learning analytics aims at using the collected information to understand and improve the quality of a learning experience. The privacy and ethical issues that emerge in this context are tightly interconnected with other aspects such as trust, accountability and transparency. In this paper, a set of principles is identified to narrow the scope of the discussion and point to pragmatic… 
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