Blog post 2
Technology has rendered a lot convenience to students’ learning process, but what has not been widely realized is that their data and privacy could face threats relying excessively on these technology gadgets. For example, as stated in the article titled A GUIDE FOR RESISTING EDTECH: THE CASE AGAINST TURNITIN, the most commonly used plagiarism detection software, Turnitin, are held accountable for the possibility to leak students’ information and privacy (Pressbooks, 2019). Technological equipment like Turnitin, on the one hand, can minimize academic misconduct by seizing control of the intellectual property of students. On the other hand, however, chances are that the platform of Turnitin could be hacked or deliberately operated to steal students’ IP. This could trigger unintended consequences to students and cost them their academic life owing to the leakage of their dissertations or essays.
This inspires me to give it a thought that is our education too obsessed with data and digital technology nowadays? How secure is education data really is? And is it generating invisible but tremendous harm to the way that students learn knowledge? Most importantly, what should we do to hold back this potential risk?
First of all, professors nowadays tend to encourage students to use online resources for academic study, such as academic writing skills, academic journal references and so on. The problem, however, is that many of them require registration and even subscription, meaning that their email address, school names and other personal data will be used. Worse still, a large proportion of these websites and institutions cannot guarantee 100 percent security concerning the privacy and data collected from students, let alone the expected compensation after leaking their information. As a matter of fact, differences can be made if both educators, students as well as technology companies raise their awareness with regard to protecting students privacy and data during the learning process.
References
Pressbooks. A GUIDE FOR RESISTING EDTECH: THE CASE AGAINST TURNITIN. Retrieved on 8th, Augst, 2019 from：https://criticaldigitalpedagogy.pressbooks.com/chapter/a-guide-for-resisting-edtech-the-case-against-turnitin/