Christina Bustos

I did not realize how poor my time management was. I was sure I was doing great but it started to show that I was not. This course helped me to realize strengths and shortcomings! 

I have learned about how distance learning has impacted the right to a student's privacy. I wonder; ddoes student on a fully online program have the right to hide their visual identiy to other students and only allow access to their contact information (Email/class username)? Does physical anonymity fall under the "anonymus" identiy that a student is not allowed to have?

It is important to make sure that the staff that you hire are not only shown how to practice correct sercurity protocols, but are encouraged to do so.

With this section, I learned that being too careful is better than just feeling like you are being careful and not putting a lot of caution into how you release the information of a student. I do think that guidelines are made clear, however, it seems like it can be easier to do what you feel lis right versus what is actually right. If we take extra caution in the protection of our own privacy, we should do the same for students and their privacy rights. It can (and does feel) like a lot of information but it is all… >>>

It is our job to make sure that the information of a student is kept safe. I feel that it is better to be safe than sorry and make sure that whatever you are releasing and whoever you are releasing to are 100% in compliance with FERPA. I have learned about some examples of small but signifigant loopholes and how to both keep an eye out for them and how to be careful.