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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. The provost sent a letter last month first noting the change, though some engineering courses that were already using ProctorU kept doing so through the end of the semester.

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

Edsurge

And by actually creating environments where students can learn from the integrity violations, I think we’ll do more for our society than trying to lock down our schools so that students don't have the opportunity to cheat.” Students don’t see exams as part of learning, he added.

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

Edsurge

In 2020, the digital proctoring company Proctorio brought a lawsuit against Ian Linkletter, who was then a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia. At least one proctoring service, ProctorU, even said it’d stop using AI-only proctoring services last year.

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

Edsurge

Other providers of similar services include ProctorU, Proctorio, PearsonVUE and Krypterion. To date, Examity has raised just shy of $120 million in investment capital. Examity’s ambition to capture the growing market for proctors will not go uncontested. billion in the U.S. and $19 billion globally in 2019.

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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. Related: Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning. Jarrod Morgan, founder and chief strategy officer, ProctorU. The University of St.

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

Edsurge

They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We 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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?Online Courses Shouldn’t Use Remote Proctoring Tools. Here’s Why.

Edsurge

Some examples include learning management systems, lecture capture tools, and early online meeting systems. Second, online proctoring systems, such as ProctorU or Proctorio , replicate a practice that isn’t effective in-person. What they aren’t good at is demonstrating student learning or mastery of a topic.

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