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Fucking exam proctoring. Shitweasels.
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) --- Wisconsin State Senator Duey Strobel (R - Saukville) issued a statement criticizing University of Wisconsin - Madison's Covid-19 plans for next semester.Stroebel called the Unive
McMaster University students say the online proctoring system is causing heightened anxiety, and they're also concerned about where this data can end up.
Updated March 5 On any given school day, just one or two students show up in-person for Houston teacher Trevor Toteve’s lectures. With the bulk of his class opting to learn remotely during the pandemic, several beam themselves into the classroom via webcam. But most students appear as static, black boxes. Toteve urges the high […]
Ivan Oransky: Not a COVID-19 expertcredit: Elizabeth Solaka At the risk of breaking the Fourth Wall, here’s a story about peer reviews that weren’t — and shouldn’t have been. Since mid-Februa…
This report discusses findings and recommendations from New America’s national survey on public libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational ...
Hot damn somebody actually TALKED TO THE LIBRARY first.
Ready-fire-aim, as usual
Hackers are targeting COVID-19 research.
People eligible for the coronavirus vaccine tell us they are running up against barriers that are designed into the very systems meant to serve those most at risk of dying of the disease. We plan to continue tracking these roadblocks.
Proctorio has cashed in on remote learning since the start of the pandemic. Now, some schools are abandoning the company's controversial software.
How common is the use of remote proctoring among North American colleges and universities? Should the higher education community be concerned?
As vaccine distribution accelerates, we should pause to think through what problems are already apparent, and what changes we might make to mitigate those problems.
On exam-proctoring tools
Unlike many other industrial sectors, the tech platforms have emerged from the pandemic stronger and are already positioning themselves as indispensable to public health. It’s time to hold them, and all of us, to account for it
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Review paper. Exam surveillance harms students' mental health.