Openness, Privacy, Learning Environments, Online Community, Sakai, Open Academic Environment

1. Balancing Student Privacy
and Openness in Sakai's
Open Academic Environment
Jon Hays & Oliver Heyer
University of California, Berkeley
Lucy Appert & Robert Squillace
New York University
Clay Fenlason
Georgia Institute of Technology
June 10-15, 2012
Growing Community;
Growing Possibilities
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2. by mastino70
Safety in Silos
The simple life of the cloister
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3. The
Open
Word
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4. 3 'Opens'
Open Educational Resources
Open Platform
Open Participation
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5. Open Educational Resources
‣ Sharing courses with the world
‣ Sharing materials with a colleague
‣ Sharing notes with a classmate
‣ Concerns: Copyright and IP
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6. Open Platform
‣ OS license
‣ Widget SDK
‣ Open APIs
‣ Concerns: coordination,
maintainability
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7. Open Participation
‣ Open teaching
‣ MOOCs
‣ Course guests
‣ Networking
‣ Concerns: Privacy, FERPA
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8. Open Academic Environment
‣ Design for sharing
‣ Play nice with the rest of the web
‣ Minimize barriers to contribution
‣ Educate on privacy, fair use
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9. Product
Policy
Practice
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10. The Project in Action:
http://is.gd/7814Q6
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11. Sources of Resistance: Scholarship
Indiana Jones Syndrome
Credential Monopoly
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12. Sources of Resistance: Pedagogy
Fear of Theft
Fear of Exposure
Fear of Automation
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13. Five Keys to Unlocking the Gates
Credential Online Behavior
Start with Students and Administration
Reward Pioneers
Magic Words: “Paradigm Shift”
Magic Words:“Tyranny of Student
Evaluations”
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14. What’s Happening Now
YouTube
Commercial Blogging tools
Social networks
Obviously there are cases where the ability to
display student and faculty work publicly are needed.
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15. Pedagogical Opportunities
Raise awareness of implications of publicly
accessible information
Ensure good copyright practices
Teach audience and impact lessons
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16. Privacy by Design
How do we balance our campus
values of community and
collaboration with individual
needs for privacy?
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17. Berkeley’s Goals
 Cultivate Community - “The Academic
Commons”
•Learning Communities
•Communities of Practice
•Student Groups
 Support Privacy
•Guiding Principles
•Policies & Standards of Conduct
•Privacy by Design
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18. Privacy by Design Goals
 Insert privacy considerations into the development
of systems, processes, and practices
 Maintain privacy visibility throughout the lifecycle
 Recognize and acknowledge individual ownership
(control rights) of information
 Assess exposure risks created by the collection and
maintenance processes
 Promote use of privacy controls
[Geyer 2012]
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19. Fair Information Privacy Practices
TRANSPARENCY
Notice
No Secret Data Collection
ACCOUNTABILITY CHOICE
Fair Deal Permission
INFORMATION INFO REVIEW &
PROTECTION CORRECTION
Need to Know View & Correct
Data Quality & Integrity
[Geyer 2012]
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20. Elements of Berkeley’s
Privacy Program
 Policy and compliance
 Risk Assessments
 Privacy by Design assistance
 Consulting
 Breach prevention and response management
 Regulatory analysis
 Training
[Geyer 2012]
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21. References
 Geyer, A (2012). UC Berkeley Privacy Program
& Principles - http://bit.ly/NACFAp
 UC Berkeley Principles of Community - http://
bit.ly/LWsulk
 GAPP - Generally Accepted Privacy Principles -
http://bit.ly/mW3jYV
 UC Privacy and Information Security Steering
Committee Agenda for Dec 3, 2010 - http://
bit.ly/NAD9WZ
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