FW: Paul Prinsloo webinar 29 Jan, Student consent in learning analytics: finding a way out of the labyrinth

 

Student consent in learning analytics: Finding a way out of the labyrinth

http://uni-of-nottingham.adobeconnect.com/elesigjan2018/

 

Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning, Department of Business Management, University of South Africa

12 noon GMT, Monday 29 January 2018.

 

User consent in the collection, analysis and use of their data remains highly problematic despite advances in regulatory and legal environments, greater transparency, and public awareness regarding the increasing ubiquity of surveillance. Evidence suggests that despite concerns and awareness about privacy and downstream use of personal data, users are not always rational or make informed decisions regarding trusting online service providers and continue to exchange personal data for (perceived or real) services/benefits.

 

In higher education contexts, students consented to the collection, analysis and use of their data as part of the learning contract with institutions. Institutions then had the contractual and fiduciary duty to ensure not only the protection of this data, but also to regulate legitimate use of this data, often without students knowing the extent to which their data are used to shape their learning experiences. With the increasing volume, velocity and variety of data available to institutions, the initial consent at the point of registration increasingly does not warrant the unrestrained and opaque use of students' data. As learning analytics fall outside the purview of Institutional Review Boards, we need to seriously consider the ethical and moral implications of student consent.

 

Details of more ELESIG webinars at elesig.net

 

 

Professor Rhona Sharpe

Head of Department of Technology Enhanced Learning


Tel: +44 (0) 1483 683350
Email: r.sharpe@surrey.ac.uk

University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK

 

FW: Book Launch: Mass Intellectuality and Democratic Leadership in Higher Education - 2nd Feb, 4.30pm

 

Birmingham Autonomous University Collective are organising the following event (supported by MGS, ISRF, Westmere UGS and CPT):

 

Mass Intellectuality and Democratic Leadership in Higher Education (edited by Prof. Richard Hall and Dr. Joss Winn)

 

Book launch

4.30 – 7.30pm, Friday 2nd February 2018

Dinner buffet will be provided between 6.30 – 7.30pm

Westmere House, University of Birmingham

Register here or by emailing us at bau.comms@outlook.com

 

This book critically analyses intellectual leadership in the university, exploring ongoing efforts from around the world to create alternative models for organising higher education and the production of knowledge. Its authors offer their experience and views from inside and beyond the structures of mainstream higher education, in order to reflect on efforts to create alternatives. The authors argue that mass higher education is at the point where it no longer reflects the needs, capacities and long term interests of global society. An alternative role and purpose is required, based upon 'mass intellectuality' or the real possibility of democracy in learning and the production of knowledge.

 

The event will be split into short interactive sessions.

Richard Hall and Joss Winn (the editors) will introduce the book at large, followed by a short discussion. Then, chapter authors Joyce Canaan, Tom Henfrey, and Jenny Pearce will deliver short presentations.

The second half of the event will involve a workshop inspired by Gordon Asher's reflective piece at the end of the book. Small group discussions will be facilitated by BAU members.

 

Spaces are limited - if you cannot attend anymore, please let us know.

 

To access the ebook, please click here.

To visit the book's page on Bloomsbury's website, please click here.

 

All best wishes,

Ioana

Birmingham Autonomous University Collective member

FW: WIAS Workshop: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

 

WIAS Workshop: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism

 

Wednesday 31 January 2018

13:00-17:00

UG04

309 Regent Street

University of Westminster

London W1B 2HW

 

Register: 

http://wias.ac.uk/event/wias-workshop-academic-labour-digital-media-and-capitalism/

 

This workshop marks the publication of the special issue "Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism" in tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. We will hear presentations by experts who have contributed to the issue: guest editor Thomas Allmer (University of Stirling), Karen Gregory (University of Edinburgh) and Jamie Woodcock (LSE).

 

Modern universities have always been embedded in capitalism in political, economic and cultural terms. In 1971, at the culmination of the Vietnam War, a young student pointed a question towards Noam Chomsky: "How can you, with your very courageous attitude towards the war in Vietnam, survive in an institution like MIT, which is known here as one of the great war contractors and intellectual makers of this war?" Chomsky had to admit that his workplace was a major organisation conducting war research, thereby strengthening the political contradictions and inequalities in capitalist societies.

 

Today, universities are positioning themselves as active agents of global capital, transforming urban spaces into venues for capital accumulation and competing for international student populations for profit. Steep tuition fees are paid for precarious futures. Increasingly, we see that the value of academic labour is measured in capitalist terms and therefore subject to new forms of control, surveillance and productivity measures. Situated in this economic and political context, the new special issue of tripleC (edited by Thomas Allmer and Ergin Bulut) is a collection of critical contributions that examine universities, academic labour, digital media and capitalism.

 

 

Workshop presentations:

 

Anger in Academic Twitter: Sharing, Caring, and Getting Mad Online

Karen Gregory, University of Edinburgh

 

Digital Labour in the University: Understanding the Transformations of Academic Work in the UK

Jamie Woodcock, LSE

 

Theorising and Analysing Academic Labour

Thomas Allmer, University of Stirling

 

The workshop will be chaired by WIAS Director and tripleC co-editor Christian Fuchs. WIAS invites everybody interested to attend this afternoon of talks and discussions tackling the question of academic labour in the age of digital capitalism. A coffee break is provided.

 

Thomas Allmer is Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK, and a member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group, Austria. His publications include Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism (Peter Lang, 2012) and Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification (Routledge, 2015). For more information, see Thomas' website.

 

Karen Gregory is a Lecturer in Digital Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, a digital sociologist and ethnographer. She researches the relationship between work, technology, and emerging forms of labour, exploring the intersection of work and labor, social media use, and contemporary spirituality. She is the co-editor of the book Digital Sociologies (Policy Press, 2017).

 

Jamie Woodcock is a fellow at the LSE and author of Working The Phones. His current research focuses on digital labour, the sociology of work, the gig economy, resistance, and videogames. He has previously worked as a postdoc on a research project about videogames, as well as another on the crowdsourcing of citizen science. Jamie completed his PhD in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and has held positions at Goldsmiths, University of Leeds, University of Manchester, Queen Mary, NYU London, and Cass Business School.

 

Christian Fuchs is Professor at the University of Westminster. He is the Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) and Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS). His fields of expertise are critical digital & social media studies, Internet & society, political economy of media and communication, information society theory, social theory and critical theory. He co-edits the open-access journal triple:Communication, Capitalism & Critique with Marisol Sandoval.

FW: CfP RAISE 2018

 

RAISE 18 Call for Papers

 

Working better together: collaborations in student engagement

5^th – 7^th September 2018, Sheffield Hallam University

 

The annual conference for Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) is being held on 5^th to 7^th September.   The call for papers is now live and we ask for your proposals by 28^th February 2018.

The conference offers the opportunity to showcase practice and research and take part in lively discussion about student engagement and partnership. Staff in all roles, students, and others interested in university and college higher education are welcome to contribute.

For more details, visit the Call for Papers on our RAISE 18 website.

@RAISEnetwork   #RAISE18

www.raise-network.com

 

 

 

 

Dr Jill LeBihan SFHEA Head of Student Engagement
Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research
Oneleven Building | City Campus
0114 225 5983 | j.lebihan@shu.ac.uk |

Conference Organiser RAISE 2018

FW: Announcing the 2018 e-Assessment Question Conference

16th e-Assessment Question
'Risk and Reward: How do we deliver the benefits of e-Assessment?'
America Square Conference Centre, City of London - Weds. 18th and Thurs. 19th April 2018 in association with the e-Assessment Association e-Assessment Awards Gala Dinner www.e-assessment-question.com

We are delighted to announce the e-Assessment Question Conference and Exhibition, the 16th annual international conference on e-Assessment and computer supported assessment and qualifications.

Computer based assessment has grown significantly since the early days of automatic test publishing and certification. We have seen developments like paperless examination projects, e-proctoring, open badges, social media, BYOD, the growth of e-portfolios, the proliferation of question types, the rise of government initiatives and policies following FELTAG and Curriculum for Excellence, including the focus on technology in Apprenticeships, the expectations of digital natives resulting from rapid growth in technology and its use.

Both days will look at the broad spectrum of innovative e-assessment from assessment for learning and formative assessment in the classroom and the workplace, to digital delivery of high stakes qualifications, to the use of technology to support and enhance assessment, qualifications and certification - developing robust, reliable and cost-effective solutions to support learners, teachers and institutions.

This year's event includes speakers from across Europe and beyond as well as the UK educational firmament, including educational institutions, awarding and professional bodies and suppliers.

Bookings may be made for either day or both days of the event, with a discount for Charities, Schools, Colleges, Universities and those in the public sector. We are delighted to be working with the e-Assessment Association and their gala dinner to be held on the evening of the 18th April 2018 at which the second e-Assessment Awards will be presented. Delegates to the conference can optionally book their place at the dinner when booking for the conference.

We trust you or one of your colleagues will be able to join us for what will certainly prove to be an invaluable and thought-provoking event.

Jeff Ross
Director, Assessment Tomorrow

email : jeff@assessmenttomorrow.com for more details Visit the e-Assessment Question 2017 web site: www.e-assessment-question.com to read more about the conference and for details on how to registration.