TY - JOUR AU - AB - Chapter 4: Ethics and Learning Analytics: Charting the (Un)Charted 1 2 Paul Prinsloo, Sharon Slade Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, South Africa Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University, United Kingdom DOI: 10.18608/hla17.004 ABSTRACT HODGDULVQFQDIDLRPO\WGQQJDXHUWVFLGOVHāWHK$V āHGQWLQRLSVFRHXVUWXRHUKXRUGVQHLVQJ FKSSRUDROHDOWDQGOHQHJUXVIRQDQWLQLLHDQVJPRO\EHWFPHRLFV EHQHāWLVXQWDKHUHQFHGUH both in reviewing how far we have come in considering associated ethical issues and in looking ahead. This chapter provides an overview of how our own thinking has developed DQGPDSVRXUMRXUQH\DJDLQVWEURDGHUGHHYORSPHWQVL QWKHāHOG$JDLQVWDEDFNGURSRI technological advances and increasing concerns around pervasive surveillance and the role and unintended consequences of algorithms, the development of research in learning analytics as an ethical and moral practice provides a rich picture of fears and realities. More importantly, we begin to see ethics and privacy as crucial enablers within learning DQDO\WLFV7KHFKWSDHUEULHĂ\ORFWDHVHWKLFVLQOHD UQLQJDQDO\WLFVLQWKHEURDGHUWFQRH[W of the forces shaping higher education and the roles of data and evidence before tracking RXUSHUVQRDOUHVHDUFKMRXUQH\KLJKOLJWKLQJFXUWUHQURNZLQWKH āHOGDQGFXGQFORLQJE\ mapping future issues for consideration. Keywords:(WKLFVDUWLāFLDOLWQHOOLHQFJHGWDDELJGWDDVWWXGHQV H0G&QHRL1ZVWUDRURKH,+QH5SWLURVXÚ]LQRPW increasing surveillance and the (un)warranted col- (NMC, 2011) pointed to the increasing importance of OHFDWQQLRSHDUIVROQRX\GDVDVLHWDVQGÜOHDIDDUQGV learning analytics as an emerging technology, which HODLGQILRVWLSXWQQHJHUDPDHULOXHWGL[LHLKVVOD\E GLQJ has since developed from a mid-range technology or to an atmosphere of uncertainty among potential ben- OHVUHVÝHUDER\HDWORUQHLRZQHR]ÜHWGWLWRKDUHQGLQ *DÇH S*OHUUHO FāHL 'DUKUFUDHVOHLÝV WHYLİ FOHDDUUHW7KHUHXKRJK SWI L1&H0PUDHP TI - Handbook of Learning Analytics: Ethics and Learning Analytics: Charting the (Un)Charted JF - Handbook of Learning Analytics DO - 10.18608/hla17.004 DA - 2017-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/handbook-of-learning-analytics-ethics-and-learning-analytics-charting-4al3nJhLpX DP - DeepDyve ER -