Consent and privacy: an educator's role

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2017
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Brandle, Christopher B.
Sutton, Jane L.
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If British Columbia’s public educational system is to remain relevant in this global society, it must utilize the same web based tools that are becoming commonplace in students’ daily lives. However the rate at which web based tools are being produced and used in schools is moving faster than districts have been able to deem them fit for safe use, leaving teachers in vulnerable positions. This leads us to question: (1) What do teachers need to be aware of in order to protect students’ privacy with respect to the use of web based tools?; and (2) What do parents need to be aware of and understand when giving informed voluntary consent for their child to use web based tools? This process paper and project explored privacy concerns regarding the use of web based tools from face-to-face (f2f) to fully online learning environments, and developed an electronic performance support system (EPSS), called “privacyhub” (since relocated to www.privacyhub.ca). The EPSS was a training portal and resource repository for privacy related material developed for use in School District 22 Vernon (SD 22) to: (1) assist educators in recognizing the privacy implications that are inherent in the use of web based tools; and (2) help mitigate privacy concerns for students, both provincially with respect to FIPPA (RSBC 1996), and locally with respect to SD 22 privacy policies.
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