The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Scott McFarland, CEO, ProctorU. Even with trained proctors watching test-takers and checking their IDs, cheating is up. We can only imagine what the rate of inappropriate testing activity is when no one is watching,” said Scott McFarland, CEO of ProctorU. They could not say what happened to the students who allegedly hired him.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. Such tools have been available for a few years, but most college students never encountered them until the pandemic forced them into online courses. Online proctoring is not new.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

So one of the challenges we've really been dealing with is test security because of course everyone wants to go right to ProctorU and have that live proctoring experience. We've provided virtual trainings also. However, that is obviously very costly. Where can they turn internally at a university to kind of get support and answers?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a group of six Democratic senators sent letters last week to three proctoring companies—ExamSoft, Proctorio and ProctorU—inquiring about the technologies they use to monitor users, how they ensure accuracy and what steps they take to protect students’ privacy. Led by U.S.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

.” 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.” ” (Venture) Philanthropy and the Business of Ed Reform.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. The Business of Job Training. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Well, well, well.

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