By bryan short on December 16, 2017 | Tagged with Blackboard, Canvas, Connect, Connect Exposed, learning analytics, Learning Management System
The Learning Management System in Real Life Unknown Strangers in the Classroom Imagine yourself walking into a classroom. At the front of the room, your instructor is seated with six other people. These people have clipboards, stopwatches, and take extensive notes. Unlike your instructor, the identities of these six people are unknown; they’re all wearing […]
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By Emily Fornwald on September 6, 2017 | Tagged with Connect, Digital identity, employee, Network Smarts, Participation, social_network, Work
To access the case studies, as well as the resources that can be used to guide decision-making, visit our Case Studies for Student Teachers page. Before I became a graduate student at UBC, I was a teacher candidate preparing to take on the role of a professional educator. Like all of my peers transitioning into the […]
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By bryan short on October 23, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, learning analytics, privacy
The Data After a long period of waiting, and a short period of complaining, I’ve received my personal data from UBC’s Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard Connect. I’m impressed with, and unsettled by, the amount of data that I’ve been given. It’s from every course at UBC that I’ve ever been enrolled in, including those […]
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By bryan short on October 3, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital identity, learning analytics, privacy, Protect
The History It’s been over 60 working days since I first made my request to UBC for access to my personal data that was collected and stored through their Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard Connect. Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), public institutions are advised to comply with these requests within 30 business days, […]
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By bryan short on August 26, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital identity, learning analytics
The 30 business days that FIPPA allows for a public body to provide personal information expired on August 19th, 2016. I reached out to the University Office of Counsel and asked them when I was going to receive my data, and was informed that because of the “large volume of responsive records” that they’re dealing […]
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By bryan short on August 17, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital identity, digital tattoo, learning analytics
As I continue waiting for the return of my data from UBC’s Office of Counsel, I’ve begun examining the structure of the Connect system. For a Learning Management System, Connect effectively manages the amount of information that students can learn from it. The system is divided into three roles: that of the student, who creates the majority […]
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By bryan short on August 10, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital identity, learning analytics
Meaningful consent is a term that describes a certain level of understanding reached between a user and a service in order to qualify that agreement as fair and ethical. UBC, a publicly funded institution, should strive for the highest degree of meaningfulness in their user agreements by clearly explaining how their services operate to their users. Although there’s a difference […]
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By bryan short on July 29, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital identity, learning analytics
(This post is the second in a series on UBC’s Learning Management System, Blackboard Connect. The first is viewable here.) I’ve received a response from the Office of University Counsel about my Freedom of Information (FOI) request. They’ve informed me that my request has been processed and will be returned by August 19th—thirty working days […]
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By bryan short on July 8, 2016 | Tagged with Connect, Connect series, Digital literacy, learning analytics
Have you ever wondered how much and what kind of information is being collected when you use Connect? Maybe you’ve taken an online course and wondered how your participation grade was calculated? Your instructor might claim that it’s based on posts in the discussion forum, but the metrics probably go far deeper than that. It’s not as simple as […]
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