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

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A recent Educause study found that 63 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S. A recent Educause study found that 63 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S. And some analysts watching the edtech space expect colleges to continue to sign up for the services to make them an option for professors to use.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. But the level of outcry is unusual for an edtech product.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. Students will be able to publish, share, and play games with friends on any platform from console to mobile, study games that have been runaway hits, and more. for middle school.

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Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a group of six Democratic senators sent letters last week to three proctoring companies—ExamSoft, Proctorio and ProctorU—inquiring about the technologies they use to monitor users, how they ensure accuracy and what steps they take to protect students’ privacy. Led by U.S. but also ‘Should we do this?’

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Campus Technology : “One of the founders and former CEO of online proctoring company ProctorU , Don Kassner, is launching a new venture: MonitorEDU , an online proctoring service powered by technology from ProctorExam. A new study says yes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. But that’s okay.