Mind the Ethics Gap
Anne-Marie Scott,
A placid island of ignorance…,
Sept 08, 2020
This is more coverage of the case of Ian Linkletter, who is being sued by Proctorio for posting links to videos published as unlisted on YouTube. Anne-Marie Scott writes (and I agree) that "this entire case looks rather like an attempt to scare, and a rather hastily executed one at that." She points to Brenna Clarke Gray's defence of Linkletter and notes "whilst we have a strong culture of ethics review in our research activities, that stands in stark comparison to our operational activities." Good point, but I'm not really drawn to the argument that "the rise of edtech is underpinned by ideology." Indeed, I don't see how to support and defend public education without it. Those arguing for ethics in educational operation (and I am one) have to respond to a wide array of ethical challenges, such as accessibility and inclusion, and not merely more narrow concerns about commodification, market forces and privacy (which, if I may say perhaps a bit boldly, are very much first-world problems). Still, good post, well argued.
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