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As teachers pivot to distance learning, students without stable internet access have virtually disappeared.
There is increasing concern about “surveillance capitalism,” whereby for-profit companies generate value from data, while individuals are unable to resist (Zubo
As we approach the end of the semester in our new and unexpected distance delivery mode, the question of assessment is, if it wasn’t already, moving to the forefront of our and our students’ minds.
Cheating is not a technological problem, but a social and pedagogical problem. Technology is often blamed for creating the conditions in which cheating proliferates and is then offered as the solution to the problem it created; both claims are false.
Despite growing attention to accessibility concerns for students, faculty needs are often not part of those conversations. Faculty with disabilities f
Lively debates are breaking out these days about algorithms and how they should be used in education. Among them are concerns over what happens to data ...
Student voice! Really good about informed consent, too.
Whether benign or intrusive, monitoring of students and teachers is commonplace in many schools
Schools are increasingly adopting surveillance technology to spy on students while they’re at school, at home, or even on their social media. The companies that make these surveillance products and
And if facial surveillance ever works perfectly, it will be even more dangerous
Forward-thinking institutions are building a robust infrastructure to support ethical data usage, privacy, and innovation.
After the ACLU said a community college in Michigan was violating its students’ First Amendment rights, the school partially relented.
“Let this be a lesson to other school administrators: if you try to experiment on your campus with racist, invasive surveillance technology, we will come for you. And we don't lose."
A new biometric scanner in Snell Library installed this semester lets students swipe their hands instead of their Husky cards. Some students appreciate the efficient process of entering Snell, while others are concerned about Northeastern keeping images of their fingerprints.
Students, Alumni, & Staff are banding together to reject invasive facial recognition technology.
A growing number of college and universities have started using biometrics surveillance as a way to monitor students while they’re on campus. The problem is, not all of them are 100% upfront about that surveillance. This week digital rights organization Fight for the Future, published a scorched for close to 100…
The calculator may violate federal privacy law.