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A Proctoring Company Tried to Sue an Edtech Critic. He’s Fighting Back in Court.

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At least one proctoring service, ProctorU, even said it’d stop using AI-only proctoring services last year. She explained that the lawsuit caught edtech critics off-guard as an example of a growing and profitable company “punching down” on an individual critic. But it hasn’t stopped criticisms.

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

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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. For example, Bertram Gallant asked: How much value is there in a multiple-choice test that emphasizes memorization?

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

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Some examples include learning management systems, lecture capture tools, and early online meeting systems. Take lecture capture for example, even a good 45 minute in-person lecture can put the most engaged students to sleep if put online. More than that, it goes against much of what we teach students about online privacy.

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

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ElevateU, for example, uses AI to analyze student data and deliver individualized learning content to students based on how they answered questions. Jarrod Morgan, founder and chief strategy officer, ProctorU. AI tools are also being sold to colleges to make decisions once made by faculty.

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

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For example, a test-taker’s child may run into the room during a session, which technically violates exam rules but is generally excusable. Other providers of similar services include ProctorU, Proctorio, PearsonVUE and Krypterion. London acknowledges that no standalone proctoring technology is foolproof nor immune to false red flags.

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

Hack Education

" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. There are other examples of this historical amnesia in ed-tech specifically, no doubt. ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Teachers, of course, know how to shift this physical setting — move the chairs around, for example. Well-known names in the industry include ProctorU, Proctorio, Examity, Verificient. And there are plenty of other examples I could give you too, unfortunately, of how surveillance technologies permeate schools.

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