Students raised four categories of concern about potential misuse of MMLA data: judgment, privacy, career impact, and academic integrity¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Interviewed students worried about judgment and critique, exposure of personal identity from video and audio, employer access affecting employment prospects, and leaked videos compromising future scenarios. → Jin 2024

Evidence¶

Jin 2024¶

Jin, Y., Echeverria, V., Yan, L., Zhao, L., Alfredo, R., Tsai, Y.-S., Gašević, D., & Martinez-Maldonado, R. (2024). FATE in MMLA: A Student-Centred Exploration of Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in Multimodal Learning Analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(3), 6–23. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8351

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Interview study on misuse of data and consequences; thematic analysis identified four sub-themes: judgment and critique, privacy concerns, impact on future career, and academic integrity. Students also delineated accountability between institutions and individuals and proposed safeguards such as encryption and limited access.

"Many participants voiced concerns about the exposure of personal identity, especially from video and audio collected during the simulation."

Discussion¶

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