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Ed Webb

elearnspace › The algorithms that rule our lives - 1 views

  • A significant difficulty that learning analytics needs to address is the possible return to behaviourism where we make decisions about learning only on observable behaviours of learners. Nonetheless, algorithms define our lives and how organizations interact with us. It’s a data-driven world, and the algorithm reigns supreme.
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    Should we be worried about the growing dominance of algorithms in steering our fates?
Ed Webb

elearnspace › Rioting in an age of transparency - 0 views

  • It’s the boundaries between our various social identities that give us a sense of comfort and security: we can (and often do) project different parts of ourselves in different spaces.
  • When data about those roles is explicitly captured, boundaries blur at the point of analysis
  • “context switcher”
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  • The core problem we face in digital data use and privacy is that we are increasingly transparent in our daily lives, but the norms that govern use of transparent data have not transitioned from the physical world to the online world.
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