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The Ethics of Using Learning Analytics to Categorize Students on Risk
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Scholes, Vanessa – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
There are good reasons for higher education institutions to use learning analytics to risk-screen students. Institutions can use learning analytics to better predict which students are at greater risk of dropping out or failing, and use the statistics to treat "risky" students differently. This paper analyses this practice using…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, At Risk Students