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22-Jan-2014
Dear Prof. vijay pithadia,
You are receiving this email because you have at some time submitted an article to BJET, or are a member of our reviewer panel.
The Wiley BJET seminar for 2014 will address the issues of New Technologies and Ethics in educational research.
It has become increasingly apparent that the technology used by researchers is moving at a faster pace than the ethical guidelines. In particular, the accepted procedures to ensure the anonymity of the participants in educational research (the subjects) do not take sufficient account of the power of learning analytics. Learning analytics or educational data mining is a powerful tool for exploring large sets of learner-produced data, combined with analysis models to discover information and social connections in people's learning. These techniques enable researchers to overcome some of the limitation of small scale research studies by combining data sets from a number of studies and discovering information that has greater statistical significance. However, as with other powerful tools, there can be unexpected –and undesirable –consequences.
The aim of this one day seminar organized by the British Educational Research Association is to explore the consequences of developments in information and communication technologies on the ethics of research, publication and the sharing of data. Keynote speakers include Prof Luciano Floridi(Oxford Internet Institute), Prof Jill Jameson (University of Greenwich) and PD Dr Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University). It will be held in Birmingham, UK on 11th March 2014.
The seminar will be of interest to: a wide audience of researchers, journal editors, members of research ethics committees, and funding bodies, both in the UK and overseas. We hope it will be of interest and relevance to you!
I attach a full notice for the seminar.
Please free to forward this email to colleagues who may be interested. If you are not in the UK or Europe then I do understand that while the seminar may be of interest, it is probably impractical for you to attend, and I apologise for adding to your inbox!
With many thanks for your help, Nick
Nick Rushby
Editor, British Journal of Educational Technology
Chantry Cottage, Burgess Hill
Sevenoaks Kent TN14 5PD UK
tel/fax: +44 (0)1959 525205 mobile: +44 (0)7968 721 958
Email: bjeteditor@wiley.com
www.thebjet.com
Dear Prof. vijay pithadia,
You are receiving this email because you have at some time submitted an article to BJET, or are a member of our reviewer panel.
The Wiley BJET seminar for 2014 will address the issues of New Technologies and Ethics in educational research.
It has become increasingly apparent that the technology used by researchers is moving at a faster pace than the ethical guidelines. In particular, the accepted procedures to ensure the anonymity of the participants in educational research (the subjects) do not take sufficient account of the power of learning analytics. Learning analytics or educational data mining is a powerful tool for exploring large sets of learner-produced data, combined with analysis models to discover information and social connections in people's learning. These techniques enable researchers to overcome some of the limitation of small scale research studies by combining data sets from a number of studies and discovering information that has greater statistical significance. However, as with other powerful tools, there can be unexpected –and undesirable –consequences.
The aim of this one day seminar organized by the British Educational Research Association is to explore the consequences of developments in information and communication technologies on the ethics of research, publication and the sharing of data. Keynote speakers include Prof Luciano Floridi(Oxford Internet Institute), Prof Jill Jameson (University of Greenwich) and PD Dr Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University). It will be held in Birmingham, UK on 11th March 2014.
The seminar will be of interest to: a wide audience of researchers, journal editors, members of research ethics committees, and funding bodies, both in the UK and overseas. We hope it will be of interest and relevance to you!
I attach a full notice for the seminar.
Please free to forward this email to colleagues who may be interested. If you are not in the UK or Europe then I do understand that while the seminar may be of interest, it is probably impractical for you to attend, and I apologise for adding to your inbox!
With many thanks for your help, Nick
Nick Rushby
Editor, British Journal of Educational Technology
Chantry Cottage, Burgess Hill
Sevenoaks Kent TN14 5PD UK
tel/fax: +44 (0)1959 525205 mobile: +44 (0)7968 721 958
Email: bjeteditor@wiley.com
www.thebjet.com
