Learning Record Data Retention Policies: A Technical Note on Minimisation in Practice

Authors

  • Bernice-Anne Fiteni Centre for Education Data Governance, Zurrieq Centre for Digital Education, Zurrieq, Malta Author
  • Clarissa-J Denbigh Department of Learning Platform Services, Fylde Centre for Digital Education, Blackpool, United Kingdom Author
  • Berglind-Osk Freysteinsson Centre for Education Data Governance, Husavik Centre for Digital Education, Husavik, Iceland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694210

Keywords:

Learning Record Data Retention Policies; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in learning record data retention policies right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the
most value. We pull together the current evidence for learning record data retention policies, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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