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Amid Objections to Automated Proctoring, One Company Abandons the Practice

Edsurge

This week one large provider of proctoring services, ProctorU, took the unusual step of announcing that it would no longer sell an AI-only proctoring product. Officials for the company also said they found that reviewing suspicious clips sent by the AI system was a burden that professors did not have adequate time for.

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From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

The Hechinger Report

Hundreds of colleges subscribe to private platforms that do intensive data analysis about past classes and use it to score applicants for admission on factors such as the likelihood they will enroll, the amount of financial aid they’ll need, the probability they’ll graduate and how likely they are to be engaged alumni.

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Online Cheating Isn’t Going Away. Use It as a Teachable Moment for Students and Educators

Edsurge

But Schreiner has not seen data that shows an increase in cheating since schools started closing. Preventing cheating becomes a game of cat-and-mouse, said Ashley Norris, chief academic officer at ProctorU, a company that provides secure live and automated online proctoring services.

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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

Edsurge

Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. Despite all that opposition, and the fact that colleges are returning to in-person teaching, sales of proctoring software have been robust.

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As Online Learning Grows, So Will Proctors. Case in Point: Examity’s $90M Deal

Edsurge

Historically that involves bringing some form physical identification, but increasingly companies and institutions are turning to face recognition, fingerprinting and voice biometrics. The Boston-based company passed its own test of sorts today: securing a $90 million investment from private equity firm Great Hill Partners.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Me personally, I don't want the future of education to be more monitored, data-mined, analyzed, predicted, molded, controlled. The company was founded in 1998 by UC Berkeley doctoral students who were concerned about cheating in the science classes they taught. The company works both ends of the plagiarism market.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University. This spyware extracts an incredible amount of information from students, including their biometric data, audio, and video, and then runs it through proprietary algorithms designed to identify suspicious behavior that might signal cheating. What kind of company culture sanctions that?