(via Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
We are pleased to announce this call for expressions of interest for participation in a free e-learning course on “Privacy and Library Learning Analytics”. The course will take place from Sunday, October 3, to Friday, November 12. There are 50 slots available, and there is no fee to participate.
This course is an offering of the Prioritizing Privacy, a multi-faceted continuing education program that will train academic library practitioners to comprehensively address privacy and other related ethical implications of learning analytics projects. Prioritizing Privacy is funded by an IMLS National Leadership Grant and more information is available on the project website.
The six-week e-learning course will guide participants in exploring learning analytics, privacy theory, privacy-by-design principles, and research ethics. Participants will develop and present their own personal “Privacy Sourcebook” to document their learning and guide their practice after the course is complete. The course format is cohort-based and asynchronous, offered in the learning management system Canvas and structured by weekly deadlines and required readings, learning activities, and online discussions. Additional information about the curriculum is available here.
To apply for this free opportunity, fill out the application to participate by Wednesday, September 8.
Applicants will need to confirm that they meet the following requirements.
- work in an academic library in the United States
- have an interest in learning about academic libraries and learning analytics
- have an interest in learning about privacy and other ethical considerations in learning analytics
- can commit to spending up to 4-5 hours per week during the course to engage in the community of practice and complete the learning activities
Anticipating that there may be more interest that we can accommodate, selected participants will be notified by the end of the day on Monday, September 13, and others will be informed of the waitlist. A second offering of this e-learning course and thus a second call for applicants is scheduled for early next year.
If you have any questions about this project or the application to participate in the e-learning course, please feel free to contact Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, PI, at ljanicke@illinois.edu; or Kyle Jones, Co-PI, at kmlj@iupui.edu.