ERIC Number: EJ1387196
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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New Vistas on Responsible Learning Analytics: A Data Feminist Perspective
Journal of Learning Analytics, v10 n1 p133-148 2023
The focus of ethics in learning analytics (LA) frameworks and guidelines is predominantly on procedural elements of data management and accountability. Another, less represented focus is on the duty to act and LA as a moral practice. Data feminism as a critical theoretical approach to data science practices may offer LA research and practitioners a valuable lens through which to consider LA as a moral practice. This paper examines what data feminism can offer the LA community. It identifies critical questions for further developing and enabling a responsible stance in LA research and practice taking one particular case -- algorithmic decision-making -- as a point of departure.
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Responsibility, Feminism, Ethics, Guidelines, Critical Theory, Data Science, Algorithms, Decision Making, Power Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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