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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

I was a guest speaker in the MA in Elearning class at Cork Institute of Technology this morning. I don't want to come off today as making broad sweeping statements about all of education everywhere when I'm very much talking about the education system in the US and the education technology industry in the US. And that's surveillance.

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

Edsurge

Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. have signed petitions calling on their colleges to stop using automated proctoring tools, meaning that the technology has become arguably the most controversial tool of the pandemic at colleges.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Inside Higher Ed on Robot-Proof : “Northeastern president discusses his new book on how higher education can train students for careers where technology cannot make them redundant.” Just a reminder that Twitter does not care about your school’s social media initiative. Via Politico : “How U.S.