Great idea for a visualization! Just like a fingerprint, our personal identities can be identified by our digital traces, if only by the experts with the right technologies and competencies to do so!. I agree that a more critical understanding of data is necessary for educators, but also wonder whether this is enough–why should individuals have to carry the burden of developing this knowledge and techniques of self-protection? Is there not a need for more stringent regulatory responses? And I wonder what regulation of data in the specific context of education would look like.
Thanks for directing my thoughts this way. Indeed, adding ‘critical digital literacy’ to professional development programs for teachers seems a very bright idea, but, in the same vein, we could suggest mastering the basics of medicine so that doctors don’t poison them or learning law to make sure their attorneys are doing the right thing. Regulating data use issues on the level of policies is a more sustainable solution. However, it doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon. At this point, the technology is always a few steps ahead of the regulations.
Great idea for a visualization! Just like a fingerprint, our personal identities can be identified by our digital traces, if only by the experts with the right technologies and competencies to do so!. I agree that a more critical understanding of data is necessary for educators, but also wonder whether this is enough–why should individuals have to carry the burden of developing this knowledge and techniques of self-protection? Is there not a need for more stringent regulatory responses? And I wonder what regulation of data in the specific context of education would look like.
Thanks for directing my thoughts this way. Indeed, adding ‘critical digital literacy’ to professional development programs for teachers seems a very bright idea, but, in the same vein, we could suggest mastering the basics of medicine so that doctors don’t poison them or learning law to make sure their attorneys are doing the right thing. Regulating data use issues on the level of policies is a more sustainable solution. However, it doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon. At this point, the technology is always a few steps ahead of the regulations.