Educational Privacy & Regulations
This primary federal privacy law protects student "education records" maintained by institutions receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?
This specific layer of the digital divide refers strictly to gaps in physical access to digital hardware devices and high-quality broadband internet.
What is the first-level digital divide?
In a meta-analysis of e-learning inhibitors, this teacher-level factor appeared in 100% of reviewed studies as a key barrier to embracing educational technology.
What is a lack of teacher confidence (or self-efficacy)?
This federal act requires commercial website operators targeting children under 13 to provide notice and obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data.
What is COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)?
Originating from architectural concepts, this framework utilizes three principles—the why, what, and how of learning—to build flexible technology-rich learning environments.
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
Resource-related obstacles such as equipment shortages, hardware unreliability, and a lack of technical support are classified as this order of barriers.
What are first-order (or external) barriers?
Originating in California, this state-level law prohibits EdTech applications targeting K-12 students from selling student data or using it for targeted advertising.
What is SOPIPA (Student Online Personal Information Protection Act)?
This framework emphasizes the complex intersection between a teacher's technology knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and subject content knowledge.
What is TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge)?
Designed to assist individuals with mobility or vision impairments, this adaptive system resizes a dynamic bubble cursor whenever pointing errors are detected.
What is PINATA (Pointing Interaction Notifications and AdapTAtions)?