Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/12/key-findings-on-privacy-in-higher-education
report The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy in Higher Education
Responses from the 2020 EDUCAUSE Student Technology report concerning student data privacy highlight a large gap of understanding that institutions need to bridge between student knowledge and administrative plans and policies
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more on privacy in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=privacy
+++++Under EU law, citizen can demand a copy of all personal data that companies hold about them. However, more than one year after implementation of the new law, most Android and iPhone apps still completely ignore this right, a new study has found. from r/iphone
https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3407023.3407057
Besides a general lack of responsiveness, the observed problems range from malfunctioning download links and authentication mechanisms over confusing data labels and le structures to impoliteness, incomprehensible language, and even serious cases of carelessness and data leakage. It is evident from our results that there are no well-established and standardized processes for subject access requests in the mobile app industry. Moreover, we found that many vendors lack the motivation to respond adequately. Many of the responses we received were not only completely insucient, but also deceptive or misleading. Equally worrisome are cases of unsolicited dissolution of personal data, for instance, due to the
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New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they’re not even in use? from r/technology
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more on privacy data in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=privacy+data
Faculty at the meetings noted that students’ emotional fragility has become a serious problem when in comes to grading. Some said they had grown afraid to give low grades for poor performance, because of the subsequent emotional crises they would have to deal with in their offices.
the Chronicle of Higher Education recently ran an article by Robin Wilson entitled, “An Epidemic of Anguish: Overwhelmed by Demand for Mental-Health Care, Colleges Face Conflicts in Choosing How to Respond” (Aug. 31, 2015).
Please use this IMS blog, for more on digital badges in education:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=badges
Interesting opinion why badges will not work, unless adopted by the entire institution in the following webinar: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/09/04/gamification-its-easier-than-you-think/
From: Zane Berge [mailto:berge@umbc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:16 AM
Subject: Call for Chapters – Digital Badges in Education: Trends, Issues, and Cases
Dear Authors,
You are invited to submit a chapter proposal for a book, Digital Badges in Education: Trends, Issues, and Cases that Lin Muilenburg and I are editing that will be published by Routledge. Please see the call for chapters at: http://bit.ly/CFC_DBiE
Feel free to pass this call along to anyone or any group you believe would be interested.
Regards,
Zane
Zane L. Berge, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
berge@umbc.edu
Twitter: @ZaneBerge
Share, if you are using badges as part of the assessment process in your class and/or if you intend to start using it.
Let us know, if you would like to start discussion on this campus about adoption of badges as part of the assessment process.
http://badges.actfl.org/badges-infographic.pdf
CORNELIUS, L. M., & CAVANAUGH, T. W. (2013). Distance Learning, Distant Courtrooms. Chronicle Of Higher Education, 60(12), A30.
http://chronicle.com.libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/article/Distance-Learning-Distant/143097/
We are in the early stages of distance-specific litigation, and most rulings, thus far, have been made at the level of basic trial courts. We await precedents from more senior courts, the possibility of Congressional action, interstate compacts, and other unseen developments for more guidance. At the same time, however, it has also become clear that the new frontier of distance learning is also entering the sphere of courts and lawyers. It is not too early for distance programs and their institutions to take note. – See more at: http://chronicle.com.libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/article/Distance-Learning-Distant/143097/#sthash.xGXwBG1D.dpuf
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/nov/07/are-we-puppets-wired-world/
We are experiencing some data base blocks on the D2L system that are affecting response times for users. The recent blocks occurred between 10:21 and 10:40. Users were unable to login, or got internal errors, or very slow response times for navigating in D2L.
The problems have been intermittent, with users getting fast responses after the blockage ends.
Our system admins are investigating the situation.
We will keep you posted on the status of system performance. Please continue to report any issues you experience.
–Karen
Karen Wenz, IMS System Site Administrator
MnSCU System Office
Phone: 320-223-6042
Cell: 612-578-6712
Email: Karen.wenz@so.mnscu.edu