Changes in Student Perceptions of Ethics of Learning Analytics due to the Pandemic
Nevaranta, Matias; Lempinen, Katja; Kaila, Erkki (2021)
Nevaranta, Matias
Lempinen, Katja
Kaila, Erkki
Editoija
Koskinen, Jani
Rantanen, Minna
Tuikka, Anne-Marie
Knaapi-Junnila, Sari
CEUR-WS
2021
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022012510246
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022012510246
Tiivistelmä
The pandemic has affected all areas of life with education being no
different. Distance learning has become the new normal in all levels of education.
Learning analytics as a tool best utilized by the abundance of data should now be
more lucrative and needed than ever. Prior to the change, we surveyed the
students of two Finnish higher education institutes, Helsinki University and
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, about their opinions, attitudes and
expectations of learning analytics and ethics associated with it. This study is a
follow-up surveying only the students of university of applied sciences and aims
to find changes that might have been brought forth by the sudden and drastic
switch to distance learning only. In addition, this was a chance to gather
information on the students’ experiences on distance learning, and how they feel
about the so called new normal. The results seem to indicate that while students'
expectations towards learning analytics haven't changed, their attitudes to
security of their data and ethical conduction of analytics have become
significantly stricter. We also found out that students have diverse feelings about
distance learning in general, indicating changes required to post-pandemic
education.
different. Distance learning has become the new normal in all levels of education.
Learning analytics as a tool best utilized by the abundance of data should now be
more lucrative and needed than ever. Prior to the change, we surveyed the
students of two Finnish higher education institutes, Helsinki University and
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, about their opinions, attitudes and
expectations of learning analytics and ethics associated with it. This study is a
follow-up surveying only the students of university of applied sciences and aims
to find changes that might have been brought forth by the sudden and drastic
switch to distance learning only. In addition, this was a chance to gather
information on the students’ experiences on distance learning, and how they feel
about the so called new normal. The results seem to indicate that while students'
expectations towards learning analytics haven't changed, their attitudes to
security of their data and ethical conduction of analytics have become
significantly stricter. We also found out that students have diverse feelings about
distance learning in general, indicating changes required to post-pandemic
education.