wellbeing

11 March 2020 at 9:44am

Thinking About Data?

Andrew Cormack
#digifest20
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
Intelligent Campus
The question mark in the title of my Digifest talk is the key point, because I wonder whether data is the wrong place to start. In our current digital landscape, we're all too used to hearing ourselves described as "silkworms", donating "new oil" to "surveillance capitalists"; even the term "data subject" has a dehumanising feel.
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4 June 2020 at 11:58am

Wellbeing Analytics Code of Practice: Consultation

Andrew Cormack
Data Protection Regulation
GDPRtopics
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
[UPDATE: thanks for your feedback. Final text has now gone into the Jisc production process :)]
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6 December 2019 at 11:26am

Showing Accountability for Personal Data

Andrew Cormack
Data Protection Regulation
GDPRtopics
incident response
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to an audience of university accommodation managers (thanks to Kinetic for the invitation), where I suggested that we should view Data Protection as an opportunity, rather than a challenge.
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26 July 2019 at 3:47pm

Draft Wellbeing Analytics Code of Practice

Andrew Cormack
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
Data Protection Regulation
Following on from my previous blog post on the possible uses of wellbeing analytics, we'd very much welcome comments on this latest draft of our Code of Practice. Note that this includes the maximum safeguards from all legal bases that seem likely to apply, so even if our continuing investigations conclude that some of those bases are not appropriate, the Code's recommendations are unlikely to change significantly.
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3 May 2019 at 10:16am

Wellbeing analytics: legal explorations

Andrew Cormack
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
Data Protection Regulation
While colleagues are looking at whether data can be used to pick up early signs of mental health and wellbeing problems, I'm exploring possible legal frameworks for doing that safely. As the diagram shows, trying to deliver an early warning service to all students falls into a gap between three reasonably familiar areas of data protection law:
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11 February 2019 at 8:02pm

My Algorithmic "Friend"

Andrew Cormack
Learning Analytics
wellbeing
Data Protection Regulation
In a workshop at last week's AMOSSHE conference, we discussed how wellbeing analytics might be able to assist existing Student Support services.
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7 February 2019 at 2:35pm

Data and Ethics: update

Andrew Cormack
Learning Analytics
Intelligent Campus
wellbeing
Privacy
Ethics
Earlier this week I did a presentation to a group from Dutch Universities on the ethics work that Jisc has done alongside its studies, pilots and services on the use of data.
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