MALET Issues

This article analyzes the constraints of analytics when used to improve student retention. I will use it for this purpose as well as its discussion on the lack of security associated with educational data.

This article highlights the expanding field of analytics in education. I will use it for a concise definition of learning analytics and the potential that it holds. The article also discussed what can be done to improve analytics as well as acknowledging its limitations.

This article examines the ways people use social media to project themselves to world and in many way, recreate themselves as they wish they could be. Also examined is the blurring between public and private lives and how the very definition of privacy has been changed.

This research paper seeks to relationship between social media and expressions of empathy. Focused primary on Facebook users, the study wanted to determine the amount of a person's positive outlook and the likelihood they would spend time on Facebook, interacting with other people.

This white paper examines the effect of social media as it outpaces society's ability to creates rules of behavior, designed to moderate how people interact with social media and each other.

Federal law protects educational records but student data is now being collected through the use of student services. The article looks at how long the data is stored and who may access the information in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

This article looks at the youngest users of technological media and the division between "digital natives and digital immigrants." Digital natives have a lower risk perception of friending and contacting people online. Education is suggested to understand the gravity of carrying out inappropriate online behaviors.

This article looks at how parental guidance can reinforce digital etiquette and safety for children and teens with regard to technology use. The results supported that teens developed better digital citizenship with the direction of parents in higher economics circumstances.

The article looks at how social media sites such as Facebook have changed the way teenagers view privacy. The authors argue that teenagers do care about privacy and have developed mechanisms that allow them to maintain their privacy while still participating in online environments. They also suggest that our understanding of online privacy should shift from an individual context to incorporate a "networked context".

The article looks at how differences in gender and socio-economic status influence internet ethics of students in Hong Kong ages 11 - 16. Researchers analyzed the results of an online survey that was administered to the students. Findings include that males and students in lower socio-economic status tended to behave less ethically in online environments. The article ends with recommendations for educators including helping students to develop ethical identity and integrity.

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