TY  - CHAP
TI  - Ethics and Learning Analytics: Charting the (Un)Charted
AU  - Prinsloo, Paul
AU  - Slade, Sharon
T2  - The Handbook of Learning Analytics
A2  - Lang, Charles
A2  - Siemens, George
A2  - Wise, Alyssa Friend
A2  - Gaševic, Dragan
AB  - As the field of learning analytics matures, and discourses surrounding the scope, de nition, challenges, and opportunities of learning analytics become more nuanced, there is bene t both in reviewing how far we have come in considering associated ethical issues and in looking ahead. This chapter provides an overview of how our own thinking has developed and maps our journey against broader developments in the  eld. Against a backdrop of technological advances and increasing concerns around pervasive surveillance and the role and unintended consequences of algorithms, the development of research in learning analytics as an ethical and moral practice provides a rich picture of fears and realities. More importantly, we begin to see ethics and privacy as crucial enablers within learning analytics. The chapter brie y locates ethics in learning analytics in the broader context of the forces shaping higher education and the roles of data and evidence before tracking our personal research journey, highlighting current work in the  eld, and concluding by mapping future issues for consideration.
CY  - Alberta, Canada
DA  - 2017///
PY  - 2017
ET  - 1
SP  - 49
EP  - 57
PB  - Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)
SN  - 978-0-9952408-0-3
UR  - http://solaresearch.org/hla-17/hla17-chapter1
ER  -