Ethics and Justice in Learning Analytics. Issue 179 (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johnson, Jeffrey Alan
• Editors: Zilvinskis, John; Borden, Victor
• Is Part Of: New directions for higher education. Volume 2017:Issue 179(2017)
• Page Start: 77
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: College teachers -- United States -- Periodicals; College teaching -- United States -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance -- Periodicals; 378.120973
• DOI: 10.1002/he.20245
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-0560

Abstract

Abstract : The many complex challenges posed by learning analytics can best be understood within a framework of structural justice, which focuses on the ways in which the informational, operational, and organizational structures of learning analytics influence students' capacities for self‐development and self‐determination. This places primary responsibility for ethical use of learning analytics on institutions rather than on users.