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Hi Paul Can you give me the references for the papers? Thanks Carol Carol Higgison Adviser on e-Learning Tel 01274 233291, Email [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:BLACKBOARD- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Chin > Sent: 20 May 2005 08:35 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Tracking and Ethics > > Hi Everyone, > > Just catching up with this debate but I've been looking at the tracking of > ethics for some of my work. I've already read a couple of papers where the > ethics of tracking came up. The work focussed on keeping a track of what > students did as this was integral to the research being carried out. If > you > tell the students this then it automatically affects the results. The > papers > reported that it was cleared with their ethics committees as long as the > information was only used for the research/teaching and learning process > and > the students were kept anonymous. So you can track the students without > telling them but as long as you have good eduacational reasons and keep > everything anonymous. > > Regards > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of W.F. van > Valkenburg > Sent: 19 May 2005 18:36 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Tracking and Ethics > > > It works fine on Solaris with Blackboard version 6.2.3.23. > > Regards, > > Willem > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Herta Van den Eynde > Verzonden: donderdag 19 mei 2005 18:52 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: Tracking and Ethics > > > Dag Henk, > > It was developed for inhouse usage. We're runing it on Linux with bb > 6.2.3.6. I honestly don't know whether it will run on other platforms > out of the box. If it doesn't and someone has the know how, feel free > to adapt it to meet your requirements. > > Kind regards, > > Herta > > Henk van Rijssen wrote: > > Hi Herta, > > > > will this building block work for Linux, Solaris and Windows? > > > > Henk van Rijssen > > ROC Midden Nederland > > > > At 15:27 19-5-2005, you wrote: > > > >> Gillian, > >> > >> We're not selling it, but if you want to take a look at it, feel free > >> to pick it up at > >> http://perswww.kuleuven.ac.be/~u0039317/bb/bb-course-stats.zip > >> > >> For clarity's sake, this one was written by my colleague Arnoud Wils. > >> This is version 1 of this building block. Feedback is welcomed (our > >> team's e-mail addresses all have the format > >> [log in to unmask]). Arnoud may take requests for > >> enhancement (mainly depending on available time, and whether the > >> enhancement would also be benificial for us). > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > >> Herta > >> > >> G Bishop wrote: > >> > >>> Herta, > >>> You mentioned a building block that will show the percentage of > >>> enrolled students that accessed a given document between any given > >>> days. Is this available for other institutions to use? Thanks & > >>> Regards, Gillian > >>> > >>> On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:47:23 +0100, Herta Van den Eynde > >>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Our students, backed by our legal department, asked us to turn off > >>>> statistics. > >>>> > >>>> Their argument roughly comes down to: bb is one of many educational > >>>> tools. If, for whatever reason, a student prefers not to use that > >>>> tool, but at the end of the term, still acquired the requisite > >>>> knowledge, his non-usage of bb should not affect his grade. > >>>> They also fear that a student who clicks around a lot at all odd > hours, > >>>> will get better grades just for clicking around a lot. > >>>> > >>>> At the same time, instructors like to know whether all the time > >>>> they spend on building a blackboard course is time well spent. > >>>> > >>>> So we disabled tracking and statistics and one of my colleagues > >>>> wrote a building block for instructors that will show the > >>>> percentage of enrolled students that accessed a given document > >>>> between any given days. > >>>> > >>>> Kind regards, > >>>> > >>>> Herta > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Dennis R Bury wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> I am a newcomer to the list and a new user of Blackboard. I > >>>>> wonder if anyone has a view on the ethics of Tracking. I feel > >>>>> uneasy about having it available and not mentioning that it is to > >>>>> the students. Would anyone offer me their views on this? My > >>>>> Thanks. > >>>>> Dennis R Bury > >>> > >>> > >>> -- Regards, > >>> Gillian > >>> Gillian Bishop, Computer Services, > >>> Aston Business School, Aston University, > >>> Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET > >>> 0121 204 3235 > >>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > >>> http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Herta Van den Eynde -=- Toledo system management > >> K.U. Leuven - Ludit -=- phone: +32 (0)16 322 166 > >> -=- 50°51'27" N 004°40'39" E > >> > >> "I wish I were two little cats. Then I could play together." > > > > > > > > -- > Herta Van den Eynde -=- Toledo system management > K.U. Leuven - Ludit -=- phone: +32 (0)16 322 166 > -=- 50°51'27" N 004°40'39" E > > "I wish I were two little cats. Then I could play together."