Digital Surveillance in the Networked Classroom

Posted: 13 Jan 2023

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Valerie Steeves

University of Ottawa - Criminology

Priscilla Regan

Independent

Leslie Shade

Independent

Date Written: 2018

Abstract

This chapter examines the ways in which digital surveillance has disrupted experiences of, and relationships between, students and teachers in the networked classroom. We then explore the impact of what Zuboff calls ‘surveillance capitalism’ on schools, through the lens of two emerging trends: the use of commercial software to police students on social media and the collection of students’ personal information by educational software companies. We argue that the current escalation of big data programmes and analytics in schools for the purposes of tracking academic progress and for monitoring their social media communication to ensure safety creates an unnecessary incursion into student’s lives that threatens their rights, as well as those of parents and teachers.

Suggested Citation

Steeves, Valerie and Regan, Priscilla and Shade, Leslie, Digital Surveillance in the Networked Classroom ( 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4323863

Valerie Steeves (Contact Author)

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Priscilla Regan

Independent

Leslie Shade

Independent ( email )

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