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?Online Courses Shouldn’t Use Remote Proctoring Tools. Here’s Why.

Edsurge

More than that, it goes against much of what we teach students about online privacy. When would we encourage students to give a stranger access their webcam? Second, online proctoring systems, such as ProctorU or Proctorio , replicate a practice that isn’t effective in-person.

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Another problem with shifting education online: cheating

The Hechinger Report

Scott McFarland, CEO, ProctorU. Before Covid-19 forced millions of students online, one of the companies that provides that service, ProctorU, caught people cheating on fewer than 1 percent of the 340,000 exams it administered from January through March. And for most online test-takers, no one has been watching.

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