Summary

This isn't a code of ethics per se but instead "proposes a number of Core Issues that are important on a global basis for the use and development of Learning Analytics in ethics-informed ways" (Slade & Tait, 2019). These core issues include many of the items we've previously noted, including such things as transparency, data ownership, and reliability of the data. It also includes elements that are missing from many of the other guidelines, for example, communications, cultural values, and student agency and responsibility.
As the authors write, "a measure of participation or engagement may differ in different contexts. It is clear also that measures established as being correlated with successful or unsuccessful outcomes are likely to differ in different geographies and cultures.Whilst not all institutions will have the capacity or resource to develop in-house analytics tools developed on knowledge of its own students,care should be taken if purchasing analytics packages from developers to ensure that the approach is fit for purpose" (Ibid:11;10.1)

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