“‘Online proctoring’ companies saw in coronavirus shutdowns a chance to capitalize on a major reshaping of education, selling schools a high-tech blend of webcam-watching workers and eye-tracking software designed to catch students cheating on their exams” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/12/test-monitoring-student-revolt/

Much worth noting here. First and foremost is the pushback from students. Many people to this day will tell you students don’t care about these issues. The people telling you that are wrong.

Whatever you think about claims of students “cheating,” ask yourself if traumatizing students in this way is a worthwhile trade off.

It’s fucking not.

“Though professors can change which student behaviors are monitored and ignore the systems’ findings, nothing is guaranteed. And to defend their integrity, the students may have to prove the high-tech cheating detective somehow got it wrong.”

“Company executives say a semester without proctors would turn online testing into a lawless wasteland.”

Guess who said this. Just guess.

“Fear of setting off the systems’ alarms has led students to contort themselves in unsettling ways. Students with dark skin have shined bright lights at their face, worrying the systems wouldn’t recognize them. Other students have resorted to throwing up in trash cans.”

This is another human being’s response when told that people wet themselves rather than use the bathroom and getting flagged for “cheating.”

Burn this tech to the ground.

The less said about this the better.