Appendix

OUR RESEARCH PROCESS

Interviews With Experts

We spoke to people from the commercial and social sectors of edtech to get a rounded perspective on data governance in schools. Their work profiles ranged from project management and growth to impact evaluation. The interviews covered a wide range of settings as their companies operate in different states like Kerala, Karnataka and Rajasthan to name a few.

Our discussion guides were designed to gather information on:

• Popular understandings of data and technology in India
• Data harm and benefits
• Consent, privacy, and stewardship in the schooling system
• Data governance in education - challenges, and potential solutions

Our questions framed to understand each element of data governance from a multistakeholder lens owing to the interdependence between students and their stewards.

The experts were given a future-facing prompt at the end of our conversation to talk about the challenges and strengths of data governance in education.

Workshops at MozFest

The preliminary insights from our interviews were translated into workshop- activities for a global audience at MozFest 2022.

In the first workshop we used storytelling to discuss different aspects of data governance like consent, stewardship, and interoperability to name a few. You can use this kit to conduct a similar conversation with different stakeholders in your context.

In the second workshop we asked young people to draft headlines from the future to unpack their hopes and fears about data governance. You can conduct the same activity with students in your context using this kit.

Secondary Research

We conducted secondary research to further substantiate our interviews and workshops.

Synthesis

• Tags and reflections to build our analysis.
• Colour-coded responses from the interviews and workshops
• Finding connections between topics to build a narrative arch

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