Get Your Students Hired
Comment on Karen Greene's post:
Yes that is what I was about to say too. In addition the Solomon Act is new to me :-)
This section heightened my awareness of the intricacies involved with documenting international students and how other laws -- such as Soloman's Act and additional financial restrictions put in place by the FTC.
The Solomon Amendment, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and SEVIS is new information to me. Interesting!
Technology and online courses have some challenges when honoring FERPA and other privacy laws. This education made me aware of some other privacy laws I was not familiar with and reiterates the importance of faculty training and education on these matters.
The Solomon Amendment is a federal law that allows military recruiters to access some address, biographical, and academic program information on students aged 17 and older
Social media plays a large roll in todays society and it is another place where institutions need to balance and manage a students preference in sharing information.
The Solomon Act is interesting as I did not know the Armed Forces could request records related to students.
I learned about the Solomon Amendment, which allows recruiters from the military to access specific information on students 17 and older.
The standards for maintaining FERPA in the online classroom environment has evolved so much over the decade. The security measures in ensuring the students only expose the necessary identifiable information to participate in the online learning environment has become more advanced and streamlined across the LMS platforms.
I thought it was interesting to distinguish the authorities that can override a student's authority to disclose their information, like the government.
Even with the introduction of E-signatures, students who attend school on an online platform are still given the same privacy protections as students who attend regular school. This is to be expected as all private information should be kept private.
I have learned that there are notable exceptions to FERPA rules including the office of homeland security being able to request records of students without requiring documentation of the disclosure. That is interesting and kind of scary.
The relationship between HIPPA and FERPA have to be distinguished and adhered to. The different "ACTS" were something I did not know about and are important for the consideration of FERPA.
I have been struggling with how to maintain privacy of student information with fear of other students recording lecture, despite my request and standard of no recording for student privacy. I will now cite this as support to heighten awareness
Something I learned which was new information and helpful to know was, if instructors want to post their lecture's on youtube for example there needs to be written permission from students.
HIPAA and the soloman act were interesting to learn about. This information can be used to assist with the knowledge and steps that need to be taken if information about students should be released.
I learnt that students records records under 3rd party vendors are also subject to FERPA
With the changes coming with new technology, the best thing we can do is be mindful our own policies for how we provide information. That being said, there are certain information that must be readily available for certain parties. We should usually be screening who requests it