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

Edsurge

And the pandemic also saw rapid growth of another tech trend : students using websites to cheat on exams. 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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From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

The Hechinger Report

“AI alone is not a good judge of human behavior or intention,” said Jarrod Morgan, the founder and chief strategy officer at ProctorU, which schools hire to manage and observe the tests students take online. “We Related: Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning. The University of St.

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Online Proctoring is Trending and here is All You Must Know!

Think Exam

Online Proctoring is an advanced level technology designed to enable the candidates to attempt an exam online from any remote location, all the while assuring the reliability of the test. In the beginning, the test-takers need to verify their authenticity after which they are monitored in real-time through webcam.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

" I want to talk to you a bit today about what I think is going to be one of most important trends in education technology in the coming months and years. I can say this with some certainty because it's been one of the most important trends in education technology for a very long time. 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. 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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Campus Technology : “ ProctorU Intros AI-Based Online Proctoring ”: “Machine learning allows ProctorU Auto to adapt to student behavior, improving its analysis with each exam.” ” (You can bet that “ fake news ” is going to be one of this year’s “ top ed-tech trends.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Campus Technology : “One of the founders and former CEO of online proctoring company ProctorU , Don Kassner, is launching a new venture: MonitorEDU , an online proctoring service powered by technology from ProctorExam. ” From Educause : “ Higher Education’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies and Trends for 2018.”