What a great opportunity to explore an idea that has haunted me a bit since first introduced last year in the 565 AI course.
Here are the discussion questions I mentioned in the video!
Have you attempted to talk to students about data safety? How did it go and what did you learn?
What can institutions actually do to avoid participating in the exploitation of student data? What successes and failures has your institution encountered?
Considering the term ‘data-colonialism’ and what we know about the exploitative and horrifying history of colonialism – does the term fit or should we be more careful using it?
What does data-colonialism look like in the future, with companies trying to bring to life concepts like the ‘singularity’ and ‘metaverse,’ will we be colonized people before we ever log in?
