[Asis-l] IU at Indianapolis DLIS receives IMLS Grant

[Copeland, Andrea]

Kyle M. L. Jones,<https://soic.iupui.edu/people/kyle-jones/> assistant professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Informatics and Computing, has received a $514,4840 three-year grant (#LG-96-18-0044018<https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-96-18-0044-18>) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).



The project, "Getting to know their data doubles: An inquiry into student perceptions of privacy issues associated with academic library participation in learning analytics," is a collaboration between IUPUI and researchers at six other academic institutions. Jones is the principal investigator on the grant.



Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of student and other data. Goals of learning analytics are to identify factors that impede or promote success, enhance pedagogy, reinforce student learning outcomes, shore up retention rates, and improve institutional efficiencies, among others. Libraries are pursuing learning analytics to evaluate the impact of library services, collections, and spaces on student learning. Higher education administrators often expect their libraries to tie efforts and resource expenditures to student success. Learning analytics is one way to demonstrate these metrics.



Like other data mining and analytic practices, learning analytics raises a number of questions around privacy. The team wants to learn what privacy issues students identify in relation to particular technologies, goals, and data practices, types and sources-especially as these things relate to library initiatives. They will also explore how perceptions change based on demographics, which library and non-library learning analytics scenarios are acceptable to students, and how students would resolve any existing privacy problems.?