MOSEP Module 1/session2

MOSEP ePortfolio Tutorial: Module 1 Selection and Connection of Portfolio Artefacts

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Session 2: Privacy issues and selection of artifacts

Objectives

To discuss privacy issues considering e-portfolio presentation; both from the authors' personal and legal point of view.

Outcomes

After this session the participant: will understand different levels of privacy when accessing and presenting e-portfolio is considered; will understand the specificity of public access to personal data on the Internet; will understand the trade-off between tendencies to present one's work and to keep some things private; understand the value of publishing for your own; have discussed what made her/him not present certain materials; have discussed the relationship between value of the materials and the possibility to publish them; be able to demonstrate which privacy factors are influencing the final presentation of artifact.

Privacy protection

Young learners without significant experience of using ePortfolio packages need to be instructed to take special care, regarding the privacy of their personal details. This is because it is important to be careful with the possiblities and positive effects that free access to e-portfolios and artefacts in the Internet provide, with respect to privacy issues.

There are several grades of privacy protection to limit the access to e-portfolios and its artefacts:

• possibility of using different levels of privacy when accessing and presenting e-portfolio;
• the specificity of public access to personal data on the Internet;
• the trade-off between tendencies to present one's work and to keep some things private;
• the value of publishing for your own;
• reasons to present certain materials.

Activity

Session 2 - Activity 1. Get acquainted with the Internet resources dealing with the legal issues of copyright and privacy protection. Consider the fact that resources open to public, e.g. published elements of ePortfolio, have to be in accord not only with the law in your country but also in other ones. Also, try to identify possible issues whih are kept private by the authors of ePortfolios. Pay attention to the following issues: possibility of using different levels of privacy when accessing and presenting e-portfolio; the specificity of public access to personal data on the Internet; the trade-off between tendencies to present one's work and to keep some things private; the value of publishing for your own; reasons to present certain materials. Discuss the relationship between value of the materials and the incentives to publish them. Contemplate different privacy factors influencing the final presentation of artifact.

Web Resources

http://electronicportfolios.info/blog//?page_id%3d16 How to select artifact - sample from Helen Barrett Portfolio in "Portfolio at a Glance" http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/Legal_Aspects_FAQ.pdf Legal aspects of ePortfolio http://www.ithaca.edu/its/eportfolio/about/dmfaq.htm Dos and DONTs of web publishing