| Student data protection in a South African ODL university context : risks, challenges and lessons from comparative jurisdictions.
| Singh, Divya
Ramutsheli, Mashamaite Peterlia | 2016 |
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Title: Student data protection in a South African ODL university context : risks, challenges and lessons from comparative jurisdictions.
Author(s): Singh, Divya | Ramutsheli, Mashamaite Peterlia |
Journal Details: Distance Education v.37 n.2 p.164-179
Published: August 2016
ISSN: 0158-7919
Abstract: Personal information is among the most significant assets for businesses today, and clear transactional rules are becoming increasingly important. Organisations, including universities, are charged with more responsibility than ever to protect the personal information used during the course of their business, specifically student data. The paper provides a broad contextual overview of the effects of data protection rules and presents a succinct, easy to digest introduction to the complex, often technical arena of student data management for universities. It highlights specific legal and ethical considerations on which universities, and particularly open distance learning institutions, will need to focus in order to ensure legislative and ethical compliance. Given the absence of precedent in South Africa, a comparative policy and practice review was applied to analyse available international legislation governing data privacy and protection to establish some of the trends, risks, and best practices. [Author abstract]
URL (conditional access) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2016.1184397
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| Using Modern Technologies to Capture and Share Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge.
| Nakata, Martin
Hamacher, Duane
Warren, John
Byrne, Alex
Pagnucco, Maurice
Harley, Ross
Venugopal, Srikumar
Thorpe, Kirsten
Neville, Richard
Bolt, Reuben | 2014 |
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Title: Using Modern Technologies to Capture and Share Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge.
Author(s): Nakata, Martin | Hamacher, Duane | Warren, John | Byrne, Alex | Pagnucco, Maurice | Harley, Ross | Venugopal, Srikumar | Thorpe, Kirsten | Neville, Richard | Bolt, Reuben |
Journal Details: Australian Academic and Research Libraries v.45 n.2 p.101-110
Published: June 2014
ISSN: 0004-8623
Abstract: Indigenous Knowledge is important for Indigenous communities across the globe and for the advancement of our general scientific knowledge. In particular, Indigenous astronomical knowledge integrates many aspects of Indigenous Knowledge, including seasonal calendars, navigation, food economics, law, ceremony, and social structure. Capturing, managing, and disseminating this knowledge in the digital environment poses a number of challenges, which we aim to address using a collaborative project emerging between experts in the higher education, library, archive and industry sectors. Using Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope and Rich Interactive Narratives technologies, we propose to develop software, media design, and archival management solutions to allow Indigenous communities to share their astronomical knowledge with the world on their terms and in a culturally sensitive manner. [Author abstract]
URL (open access) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2014.917786
URL (conditional access) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2014.917786
Record No: 213877 From EdResearch online
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