Ethics and Privacy in Learning Analytics: The Rise of Chief Privacy and Chief Ethics Officers

Abstract

Some of the most popular goals of learning analytics are the retention of students, optimization of learning, and data-driven decision making. However, ethics and privacy are among the challenges of learning analytics. Although a few ethics and privacy guidelines were developed along the time, there is still a shortage of leadership necessary to ensure the strategic planning and monitoring of learning analytics. A discussion regarding the role of the chief privacy and chief ethics officers at the university is provided.