The Learning Record Privacy Policy
Please read carefully!
The Learning Record is a public record that documents your activities and accomplishments for this class. However, no one except you and your instructor will have access to identifying personal information, such as your name or email address. You may request that only your classmates and your teacher may have access to your Learning Record by checking the appropriate box on the student information page ("Share this LR only with my classmates and instructor").
In your class, you turn in all assigned work so that your teacher can give you credit for it. This will automatically create a portfolio of all of your work. At the midterm and at the end of the term you review all of your work and select the specific examples of work and observations to include in the Learning Record. You control the content of your Learning Record. You will also have a notebook for your own private use. No one else will have access to your notebook or your portfolio.
Who has access to your Learning Record? What do they have access to and when?
During the class term
- Your teacher has access to all information in your Learning Record that you have chosen to include, as well as identifying information (to allow your grade to be assigned)
- Your classmates Several of your classmates may have access to your Learning Record during the peer review process called Moderation Reading.
After the end of the class term and after final grades have been submitted, Learning Records are saved to an archive. If you have checked the box on the Learning Record Student Information Page, your LR will not be saved in the archive. Information identifying students will be encrypted in the archive; no one will have access to this information.
- Researchers will have access to all information in archived Learning Records except student identification information. We expect that the archives will serve as an important national resource for research on teaching and learning
- Other teachers will have access to all information in archived Learning Records except student identification information. Teachers read the Learning Records of other teachers in Moderation Readings, which are used for large-scale assessment and professional development. We expect that the archives will be an important resource for preparing new teachers and for professional development of experienced teachers
- Administrators will have access to all information in archived Learning Records except student identification information. We expect that administrators will use the archives to develop, evaluate, and improve programs
- Educational policy makers will have access to all information in archived Learning Records except student identification information. We expect that government agencies and other policy makers will use the archives to improve educational policies on a wide range of issues affecting teachers, students, and educational institutions. We also hope that the archives will help policy makers recognize that the Learning Record model is a powerful and trustworthy alternative to standardized testing.
In other words, the archive of student work is intended to support research, professional development of teachers, program evaluation and improvement, and sound public policy.
What if I don't want to allow access to my Learning Record by people outside my class?
Remember to check the box on your Student Information page that says "Share this LR only with my classmates and instructor".
How might material from my Learning Record be used?
Learning Record information will only be permitted for non-commercial educational use, including:
- Academic research, including publication in books, articles, conference presentations, and technical papers
- Professional development of teachers
- Development, evaluation, and improvement of programs
- Informing public educational policy
Except for your teacher, no one will have access to any of your identifying information. To ensure confidentiality, be sure to remove any information that identifies you or any classmates from files that you upload to your Learning Record. Use first names only when referring to classmates in your observations or work samples.
If you have questions about the Privacy Policy, please contact Peg Syverson: syverson_at_uts.cc.utexas.edu
