My main takeaway from this topic so far is that the students have a right to their information, as well as the right to keep their information private, and that it is our job to ensure that. I will apply this knowledge by always being confident that I am following FERPA guidlines, and when answering calls, or speaking to students that I dont share any personal information that is not allowed.
I learned that students have the right to access their records under FERPA. And am looking forward to learning more about FERPA in the modules ahead!
There are a lot of take away from this first part of the module. Sole Possession Notes that are transfered are student records.
Knowing the student rights is helpful when it comes to information protection.
I found it interesting that there are no fines levied for a FERPA violation.
FERPA protects private student information. It allows for students/parents to acces student information. If in doubt, I would check with the compliance officer before releasing student information. Also, I would encrypt any information emailed.
I had never heard of FERPA beforehand. This was a good introduction to the topic. It is important to know this well to make sure we are giving student fair and appropriate access to their records according to the law.
Faculty has a duty to protect their students' privacy and should be held acountable
It is super important to secure a student's educational information.
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 protects rights of the students records by allowing students to:
1.) Inspect/ review
2.) Request amendmant
3.) Request hearing if amendament is denied
4.) Not disclosure directory information
5.) File complaint
The institution has 45 days to comply with request to see student records.
An institution has 45 days to provide records to a students request.
The main takeaways are the basic components of FERPA, the students rights, and key concepts and definitions to better understand teh scope of the law.
I thought that a fine was always imposed for violations. Todday, I learned that is not always the case.
I have learned the importance of protecting students' privacy, and also granting them access to their educational records.
Understanding the importance of privacy rights this day and time is critical in managing online requests. Taking proper precautions in setting up the ability to verify the identity of the requestor is important for the school or institution providing the records.
I work as a data scientist, and I am interested in how we can use information from a student record to build ML models that might help in predicting student success. What I've learned is that this data needs to be stripped of any personally identifiable information before it's used to train a model. This is good information and will help me organize my workflows.
This material is easy to relate to as a nursing faculty as we frequently discuss HIPAA and patient (privacy) rights. Similar rights apply to our students as well!
I learned that there are personal identifiers for students that need to be protected and I need to be more aware of keeping these private. I also need to manage student records and information with faculty on a need-to-know basis
I am a director and wanted to ensure that I am following FERPA.
One thing that I learned was that there are no specific definitoins in FERPA for a school official or even for legitimate educational interest. I found this quite intriuging because it is actually up to the institution to specify the criteria for determining who is considered a school official or what is considered legitimate educational interest.
