I know little about the letter of FERPA, but I do know it's been flagged as an issue by the Dept. of Education and others as a barrier to data sharing and research to improve education. The best link I have is page 36 of this PDF: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/netp.pdf
It's very similar to how hard it is to share medical research data in the life sciences because of patient data protections in HIPPA. To me these are the most interesting issues in free culture because there is a clear tension between protecting privacy and promoting sharing for general human welfare and advancement. They might not be mutually exclusive, but it definitely increases barriers to try and achieve both. AK On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > In my probability class, the prof had us sign FERPA waivers so that she > could back the homework in class! > > I thought this was interesting. And maybe excessive. Do any FERPA nerds > know if there are exemptions for this kind of thing? Are other people > finding their profs t be equally scared of violating FERPA? (fwiw, at least > one professor here is very hesitant about implementing OpenCourseWare at > Dartmouth because of FERPA. but that's another discussion entirely!) > > -- > http://www.madebyparker.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- Alex Kozak Program Assistant Creative Commons
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