A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Wilma ruined my life: how an educational system became the criminal record for the adolescents




AuthorsOlli I. Heimo, Minna M. Rantanen, Kai K. Kimppa

PublisherACM

Publishing placeNew York

Publication year2015

JournalComputers and Society

Volume45

Issue3

First page 138

Last page146

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874259

Web address http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2874259&CFID=745964162&CFTOKEN=89944156


Abstract



The information system StarSoft Wilma used to track and report on the adolescents' behaviour at school can cause problematic situations. These problems manifest themselves in various ways: many of the markings in the system are either wholly unnecessary or at least questionable in nature. This is made the adolescents (and some guardians/teachers) resent the system. In this paper these side-effects are looked through and compared with an analysis of posts in the Facebook-group 'Wilma Ruined My Life'. As conclusions we claim that the system can create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion amongst the students: resembling an Orwellian or panopticon-like environment which might undermine the students' ability to become full and capable members of an open democratic society.





 




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