Get Your Students Hired
It is important to protect student information whetjher the student is on campus or online.
It is interesting to see a lot of laws or acts come play together or against another. I guess it would mostly depend on the sitaution or reasoning of certain releases.
There are a few laws that can supercede FERPA, such as The USA Patriot Act. The E-sign Act and Information Security protects all information that is acquired electronically.
In this day and age where almost everything is digital, it is important to know how to navigate in a way that still upholds FERPA standards. For example, now a days social media is very popular and some teachers may like to utilize a platform to showcase what they are teaching in class. It is important for that teacher to know the rules in doing so, which include having permission from the students before being posted.
I did not know that other government programs override the FERPA Act and that the government can access information without needing the student's permission
In addition to all the acts that supercede FERPA (Solomon, etc...), I learned about the E-Sign Act. It was passed in the year 2000.
FERPA Challenges was a very interesting topic. It is noted that students must give permission to be video taped if shared on YouTube\ and that students can not be anonymous on discussion boards. Soloman amendment gives military recruiters certain rights as well as the Patriot Act that gives the Attorney General rights. Financial institutions have certain rights as well.
I have been very familiar with HIPPA, and the importance of knowing what to safeguard. FERPA is just as important and all instructors need to have knowledge of this topic especially when it comes to releasing any information about a student. Knowing what is personally identifiable is an area that helped me during this module. Lots of information to absorb!
I learned of the impact other laws and regulations can have on FERPA. It is important to know which regulations can supercede FERPA and to act accordingly when information is requested.
I think with the online environment students are quick to record classes but I am not sure where those recordings are going. The implications of those recordings is something for an administrator to consider. Without explicit permission, are we complying with FERPA guidelines?
It was interesting to learn about the various other government Acts that protect various information, and sometimes even supercede the FERPA.
I was familiar with HIPAA and the USA Patriot Act, but this section introduced me to the Solomon Amendment, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and SEVIS. It makes sense that under the Patriot Act any helpful information must be released when investigating a terrorist act. This module brought to light that there is a lot of overlap on protecting an individual’s privacy but there is also the potential for many exceptions depending on the agency and the circumstance. In other words, keeping up with FERPA and any exceptions is important.
In todays electronic world, it is easy to see where FERPA will be important. Institutions not only have an obligation to protect FERPA realted student information, but it must also protect loss of that information to unapproved people such as hackers.
I get that there are FERPA implications with posting recorded live online sessions. However, I know that many teachers/professors are recording zoom sessions and posting them to their institutions' LMS's so students can go back and view them. How is it that they're able to get permission to do this?
As I am online instructor i could know about to protect the privacy of your students
This section has dealt a lot with sharing information in our digital age. We take for granted all the safety measures that have been put into place before during and after our own schooling. As a current online teacher, I didn't even know some of the things like posting videos of students on youtube. I have never done it, but it makes you really think about things. What also got me right here was the Solomon act as well.