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The specific concern came over a statement by the company’s then-CEO, Dan Goldsmith, who boasted at an investor conference that the company was developing algorithms based on user data that would give it a competitive advantage in the market. And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.
For example: he says that Coursera had avoided bringing its Career Academies into high schools for fear of dealing with K-12 studentdata, but GG4L “shielded” Coursera from the risk by limiting access to data. He also argues that it’s good for the companies, since it limits their risk.
For example: he says that Coursera had avoided bringing its Career Academies into high schools for fear of dealing with K-12 studentdata, but GG4L “shielded” Coursera from the risk by limiting access to data. He also argues that it’s good for the companies, since it limits their risk.
Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-DataPrivacy.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Education in the Courts.
This from the school district that is still reeling from a major studentdataprivacy breach. Students have been utilizing Chromebooks and other high-tech tools as they gain their education, and now Kindles have been added to the curriculum.
It works well, that is, if you disregard studentdataprivacy and security. In June 2012, the University of Virginia Board of Trustees fired President Teresa Sullivan, contending she was too slow to jump on the MOOC bandwagon even though the school was already in talks to join Coursera.). And “free” doesn’t last.
High profile lawmakers questioned education companies about their privacy practices this year – Senator Al Franken, for example, demanded Google clarify its collection of studentdata, and California Attorney General Kamala Harris urged ed-tech companies to do more to protect studentprivacy.
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