Data Privacy on the African Continent: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications for Learning Analytics

Autor/inn/en	Prinsloo, Paul; Kaliisa, Rogers
Titel	Data Privacy on the African Continent: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications for Learning Analytics
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 53 (2022) 4, S.894-913 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Prinsloo, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.13226
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Information Security; Privacy; Data; Learning Analytics; Higher Education; Federal Legislation; Student Records; Compliance (Legal); Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Privatsphäre; Daten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bundesrecht; Schülerakte; Afrika
Abstract	Whilst learning analytics is still nascent in most African higher education institutions, many African higher education institutions use learning platforms and analytic services from providers "outside" of the African continent. A critical consideration of the protection of data privacy on the African continent and its implications for learning analytics in African higher education is therefore needed. In this paper, we map the current state of legal and regulatory environments and frameworks on privacy to establish their implications for learning analytics. This scoping review of privacy regulations in 32 African countries, complemented by 15 scholarly papers, revealed that there are numerous national and regional legislation and regulatory frameworks, providing clear pointers pertaining to (student) data privacy to governments, higher education institutions and researchers. As such, the findings of this research have implications for African higher education to ensure not only legal compliance but also to oversee and safeguard student data privacy as part of their fiduciary duty. This research provides crucial insights regarding the importance of context for thinking about the expansion and institutional adoption of learning analytics. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01