<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Might be of interest even as we look forwad to the conversation during the Kenya IGF week.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Winthrop Yu via InternetPolicy</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] Privacy and Learning Platforms<br>To: <a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a> <<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
  
    
  
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        <div><span><span>While
              everyone is looking at Facebook et al. ... has there been
              any oversight or concern over data harvesting by Learning
              Platforms (LMS)? </span></span></div>
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        <div><span><span>Obviously,
              students, teachers, and other stakeholders have hardly any
              say in the matter. <br>
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              <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2020.1739641</a><br>
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              <div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">"We conclude
                that institutions of higher education are currently
                ill-equipped to protect students and faculty required to
                use the Canvas Instructure LMS from data harvesting or
                exploitation. <br>
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              <div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">We challenge
                inevitability narratives and call for greater public
                awareness concerning the use of predictive analytics,
                impacts of algorithmic bias, need for algorithmic
                transparency, and enactment of ethical and legal
                protections for users who are required to use such
                software platforms." <br>
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          </span>WYn<br>
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