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Earlier this year, Proctorio's CEO Mike Olsen told the Washington Post “We’re the police”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/01/online-proctoring-college-exams-coronavirus/
A few weeks ago, Proctorio's CEO Mike Olsen told Business Insider "I didn't get into proctoring to fix a pedagogical problem. I'm not a pedagogical expert, I don't know if there are better ways to do things." https://twitter.com/hypervisible/status/1322919888906866688
In yesterday's Washington Post (crucial article) Proctorio's CEO Mike Olsen told reporter Drew Harwell that academic surveillance software was necessary to avoid a '“corona diploma” as he called it, that future employers might find “not as credible.”' https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/12/test-monitoring-student-revolt/
This tweet is for me to take a very deep breath while I avoid cursing as I tell you that Proctorio's CEO attempting to coin the term "corona diploma" in the Washington Post is the biggest threat to academic integrity I have seen in all of 2020.
Proctorio isn't ed tech. Proctorio is surveillance technology. They're the police, they're not here to solve a pedagogical problem. Proctorio is the police, according to their CEO.
Proctorio is the police, according to students.
Proctorio is the police, according to students.
