French HUBBLE project experience on Ethics in Learning Analytics

Abstract : This paper discusses a research effort on ethical aspects of the French HUBBLE project that brings together research teams from different areas, including Computer and Human Sciences. Nine cases that make use of e-learning traces are currently running in this project. Seven case studies' team completed a questionnaire focused on ethics perspectives. The answers of this questionnaire are being reviewed by the authors as the responsible persons in charge of the Ethics work package of the HUBBLE project. By placing a special focus on the process designed to handle ethical concerns, and tracking ethics errors in concrete case studies, this paper presents our attempt in making sure that ethics is being fairly treated by the researchers and by other partners of the project.