SaTC: CORE: Small: RUI: An Exploratory Study of Technology Adoption in K-12: Educational Benefits vs Privacy Costs

该项目探讨了技术采用实践和互动以及加州K-12公立学区教育技术采用决策者的数字数据素养。从许多来源（学校，家庭，移动的技术）的数据混合构建的数据配置文件可以跟踪个人的一生。尽管教育界对数字扫盲的认识日益加深，但人们普遍缺乏对数字数据扫盲的认识，也缺乏对网上交换的数据混合的容易性和潜力的认识，无论其目的或用途如何。目前的法规，如《家庭教育权利和隐私法》（FERPA）和《儿童在线隐私保护法》（COPPA），可能对未来的推断或预测用途提供不充分的保护。该项目的目标是探索学校技术决策者在多大程度上考虑青少年隐私以及儿童数字信息的长期使用和传播。该项目以加州学区为样本，调查教育技术采购策略和流程。研究方法包括深入访谈和初步调查，以研究K-12教育技术决策者的数字数据素养，以及教育技术采用决策者是否、如何解决青年和家庭隐私问题。该项目还将涉及对涉及几个相关学科的隐私文献进行正式审查，并对教育技术采购中涉及的营销过程进行调查。了解教育技术采用的复杂性和影响至关重要。该项目推进了商业，公共政策和教育利益的隐私讨论。学生将参与研究的各个阶段。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This project explores technology adoption practices and interactions and the digital data literacy of education technology adoption decision makers in California K-12 public school districts. Data profiles constructed from the comingling of data from many sources (school, home, mobile technology) can follow the individual through his or her lifetime. Although there is an increasing understanding in education about digital literacy, there is a general lack of understanding about digital data literacy, or the ease and potential of comingling of data exchanged online, despite its purpose or use. Current regulations such as the Familly Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) may provide inadequate protections for future inference or predictive uses. The goal of this project is to explore the extent to which school technology decision-makers consider youth privacy and the long-term use and dissemination of children's digital information.Using a sample of California school districts, this project investigates educational technology procurement strategies and processes. Research methods include in-depth interviews and a preliminary survey to examine the digital data literacy of educational technology decision makers in K-12, and whether, how, issues of youth and family privacy are addressed by education technology adoption decision makers. The project will also involve a formal review of privacy literature involving several relevant disciplines and investigations of the marketing processes involved in educational technology procurement. Understanding the complexity and impact of educational technology adoption is essential. This project advances the discussion of privacy across commercial, public policy, and education interests. Students will be involved in all phases of the research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.