Download This PaperA Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues
Jones, K. M. L., Briney, K. A., Goben, A., Salo, D., Asher, A., & Perry, M. R., a Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues. College & Research Libraries, 81(3), 570–591, 2020
DOI: 10.5860/crl.81.3.570
26 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2020
Date Written: 2020
Abstract
Universities are pursuing learning analytics practices to improve returns from their investments, develop behavioral and academic interventions to improve student success, and address political and financial pressures. Academic libraries are additionally undertaking learning analytics to demonstrate value to stakeholders, assess learning gains from instruction, and analyze student-library usage, among other things. The adoption of these techniques leads to many professional ethics issues and practical concerns related to privacy. In this narrative literature review, we provide a foundational background in the field of learning analytics, library adoption of these practices, and identify ethical and practical privacy issues.
Keywords: Academic Librarianship, Learning Analytics, Privacy, Ethics, Data
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