Consent Interfaces in Educational Applications: A Perspective on Meaningful Choice for Minors

Authors

  • Fjalar-Orn Jonsson-Freyr Centre for Education Data Governance, Husavik Centre for Digital Education, Husavik, Iceland Author
  • Ivo-Tanel Elmik Centre for Education Data Governance, Laane-Viru Institute of Learning Technologies, Rakvere, Estonia Author
  • Eivor Eidsvag Centre for Inclusive Education, Nord-Osterdal Centre for Digital Education, Tynset, Norway Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694701

Keywords:

Consent Interfaces in Educational Applications; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Consent Interfaces in Educational Applications has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for consent interfaces in educational applications, 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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