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School Work and Surveillance

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For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

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

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Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. And online test proctoring software has roots at universities as well. ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University. You can trace the LMS to PLATO at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, for example, or you can trace it to CourseInfo at Cornell.) Unknowable.

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

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For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Gifts $12.2M