Prinsloo, Paul; Slade, Sharon and Khalil, Mohammad
(2019).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2019.1632171 |
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Abstract
Student data privacy as a research focus and practice is relatively under-researched in the context of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Central to researching student data privacy in the context of online service providers are the various user agreements that participants must accept or opt into before they can use a MOOC platform. Such documents form the basis for any recourse individuals might have if they have concerns about data privacy. Of specific interest in this research is the emotive use of language used in these documents. Research in other genres suggest that emotive language can be intentionally used to facilitate buy-in or to soften the implications of the agreement between user and provider. This article shares our findings of a sentiment analysis of the terms and conditions and privacy statements of three major MOOC providers.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2019 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc. |
| ISSN: | 1475-0198 |
| Keywords: | massive open online courses (MOOCs); student data; terms and conditions; sentiment |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) |
| Item ID: | 62459 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Jisc Publications-Router |
| Depositing User: | Jisc Publications-Router |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2019 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2019 05:21 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/62459 |
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