During the course, I have focused on several topics. Topic 1 is about Privacy and Human-Centred Learning. I read many materials such as Regan & Jesse’s (2019)’s “Ethical challenges of ed tech, big data, and personalized learning: Twenty-first-century student sorting and tracking.” The authors mention that “the range of these ethical concerns arguing that characterizing them under the general rubric of ‘privacy’ oversimplifies the concerns and makes it too easy for advocates to dismiss or minimize them”(Regan & Jesse, 2019,1). From this article, In my post, I know that “with the development of the education system and the development of the network, the importance of privacy, in reality, is indeed very important. These problems are easily ignored in life due to the improvement of the education system.”In topic 4, I read  Wiley & Hilton’s(2018) article, “Defining OER-enabled Pedagogy”, and understand the definition of OER-enabled Pedagogy is “the set of teaching and learning practices that are only possible or practical in the context of the 5R permissions that are characteristic of OER.”(Wiley & Hilton, 2018, 1) I notice “the direct cost of textbooks and the savings associated with free online learning opportunities”. But I also know that “another under-defined term, the semantic overlap of open pedagogy practice, making research on the topic of open pedagogy difficult.” (my post)

Notes of reading:

From these tasks, I learned the importance of privacy. It is about six distinct ethical issues: information privacy; anonymity; surveillance; autonomy; non-discrimination; and ownership of information. I understand that in the improvement of the system, we should also pay attention to the protection of our privacy and the management of system information so that the protection of everyone’s privacy is also a drawback of the improvement of the education system. Online learning can also guarantee that face-to-face learning cannot be guaranteed due to the current epidemic, and it is also a benefit of the entire software. Convenience is also provided. I disagree with the statement of the article. I think schools can no longer expose students’ private names, including their date of birth, without their consent. Students’ privacy should be protected, and the ownership of information should ultimately rest with the users themselves. This also guarantees student security and ownership of information. But I agree that it is legal to collect information on students. The education system can collect information on everyone to know more about students. I also learn the difficulty of open pedagogy. The semantic overlap of open pedagogy practice makes research on the topic of open pedagogy difficult.

The learning contributes to my development of describing the potential of human-centered learning in distributed and open learning contexts and examining and reflecting upon the potential for equitable access for all learners in online and open learning contexts.

This learning matters to me because I may focus on these two topics in the future. I plan to study privacy and open pedagogy further and register in other subjects related to these topics. At the same time, I am also very interested in these two topics. I used to worry about my privacy being violated, so I installed multiple firewalls and refused to use my real name when filling in the address for online shopping. This caused some inconvenience for me. However, I really don’t want to continue to be plagued by harassing calls and spam. Yet few people around me realize the importance of privacy issues. So I’d love to study the topic of privacy. At the same time, I am also eager that free online learning can play a greater role so that we can have more learning opportunities. Many people can get a quality education without leaving their country.