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An Ethical Waiver for Learning Analytics?

Author : Dai Griffiths

Published in: Data Driven Approaches in Digital Education

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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The discourse and practice of data governance in learning analytics, and the ethics which inform it, are confused and contradictory. This can be elucidated by considering the coming together of two contrasting research traditions: academic research and operations research.

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Title: An Ethical Waiver for Learning Analytics?
Author: Dai Griffiths
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Data Driven Approaches in Digital Education
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-66609-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-66610-5

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66610-5_62

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