Edsurge
MAY 27, 2021
The problem, critics say, is that the systems often lead to false-positives, add stress to the test-taking process and invade privacy. 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. “We
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Some say the systems often lead to false-positives, add stress to the test-taking process and invade privacy. They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We Rethinking the Test Those opposed to automated proctoring cite several objections.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 26, 2021
As the presence of this technology on campus grows, so do concerns about it. Baylor, Boston and Wake Forest universities are among those that have used the Canadian company Kira Talent, which offers a review system that can score an applicant’s “personality traits and soft skills” based on a recorded, AI-reviewed video the student submits.
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2017
Rather than spending most of my time time helping people become better online teachers, I have been figuring out how to meet two competing objectives: increase online course offerings and avoid adopting an online proctoring system. Some examples include learning management systems, lecture capture tools, and early online meeting systems.
Edsurge
APRIL 30, 2019
Examity’s identity verification technologies include facial recognition analysis that checks whether a test-taker’s face resembles that of the picture on their ID card. It can also use biometric keystroke technology to track patterns in how people type, which the company claims can be unique to each individual. billion in the U.S.
Hack Education
APRIL 30, 2020
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.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." The learning management system, for example, originated at universities. (We
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