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Some described intense stress as remote proctors watched them take tests, worrying they would be labeled as cheats. Others said they had urinated at their desks for fear that leaving for the bathroom would hurt their chances of a post-graduation career.
It's more important than ever.
Has technology gone too far to keep students honest during exams? A scholar on privacy and technology weighs in.
The female TA got five times as many negative reviews as the male TA — but they were the same person.
"The suit stems from a 2018 university investigation during which the university searched the student ID card swipe data of [specific] students..." Compare to Arizona.
Exam monitoring startup Proctorio's attempts to silence critics has helped shine a spotlight on classroom surveillance and fueled students' protests.
What do we know about how this software affects students’ learning?
"When I finished the exam I was literally sobbing.”
That camera shot of you panicking about a logic game on the LSAT? Still hanging out on the virtual proctor company’s servers, maybe even after you graduate from law school.
Hannah Stern is the policy associate at the ACLU of Rhode Island. When COVID-19 forced school closures across the...
As with many preferences, homophily, or a tendency to associate with similar individuals, tends to operate outside awareness.
Trying to do so is all but useless.
Gail Schlachter was a legendary librarian who built one of the earliest databases of financial aid opportunities.Many people loved her. Many more loved ...
Thousands protest in the UK after a formula replaced a test that influences college placement. It's led to broader scrutiny of automation and inequality.
There are ways to protect privacy in contact-tracing apps... and then there's Albion's.
A new way to teach brings new worries about control.
Formal exams had to be canceled due to the pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic created a surge in demand for exam proctoring tools. Here’s why universities should stop using them.
On July 23rd, the Librarians' Assembly of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, the governing body of ZSR Library faculty, voted to endorse the following statement on online proctoring services: ZSR Librarians' Assembly, Statement on Online Proctoring Services, July 23, 2020 Online exam proctoring services deploy software-based interventions into students' personal computers and homes in order to [...]