Education Policy, Business and Technology

In the Era of Remote Learning, It's Time for Colleges to Update Privacy Practices

Campus Technology: As the pandemic continues, what's happening to all the data being collected by the various programs being used by colleges and universities to deliver remote learning? That's a question explored in a new report published by think tank New America.

As "Privacy Considerations in Higher Education Online Learning" pointed out, all of the various programs in use right now generate repositories of student data. While institutions may use the data for analytical purposes, its existence also offers the potential for misuse. For example, what happens to the data accumulated by learning management systems when an LMS company changes hands? Is it beholden to the contractual obligations of the original company?

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