Challenges of personal data from education:

content, ethics and privacyOpen : Data : Cooperation – 2014-10-20

Simon Grant

Summary

● I'll focus on – the educational background

– educational data / information content

● (I'm sure ethics and privacy will be well discussed anyway)

Cetis

● Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards – Cetis

● For many years a service of Jisc● Main strength around Higher Education● Technologies that support education (incl. HE)● Interoperability through open standards

– including developing some ourselves

● Hosted at Bolton, IEC (future?)

Data relevant to education (and the relevant standard formats)

● Official learner records● Learner / learning analytics● Learner owned● Learner entered

Official learner records

● School pupils: government agencies– Learning Records Service

– Key Information Set

● FE learners– Individualised Learner Record

● HE learners:– The HEAR: Higher Education Achievement Report

– the European Diploma Supplement

– part of the European Skills Passport

Standards relevant to official records

● XCRI (about courses, not individuals)● Metadata for Learning Opportunities

EN 15982:2011 (as above)● UK HEAR● European Learner Mobility Achievement

Information EN 15981:2011● Mozilla Open Badges(originally for informal)

Learning / learner analytics

● Many ongoing projects typically using output from learning technology

● A particular one we are involved with:– LACE Project

● Institution-owned ICT systems● Online learning services● Standards:

– xAPI (or “Tin Can”)

Learner-owned

● e-portfolio, personal and professional development– provided though institution, government or other agency

● The challenge being how to get relevant information to (e.g.) employers in a way that they are able to process efficiently

● What is relevant anyway? Learner's view sometimes diverges from employer's view.– often used for personal, private reflections

– relevant to personal identity

Learner-entered

● CVs - tend to focus on educational achievements, skills, experience

● recruitment web sites● business networking e.g. LinkedIn● other social networking - less to do with

education● Leap2A designed for “learner-ownable”

– (one of mine)

Learner Information: summary

● Wide range of personal data/information potentially available● Some standard formats available; though usage is patchy● "Ownership" is contentious: focus not on ownership but on

rights● Challenge may be presenting to right people at right time● Challenge may be privacy and avoiding inappropriate access● Almost none is "open" in the full sense● But almost all could be used in conjunction with open data,

– if and when permitted by the individual

Follow up... ?

● Me:– twitter: @asimong

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● Thanks for your attention!