#Proctoring

On the one hand, high-stakes testing is pedagogically bankrupt, but on the other hand, it sure produces numbers that universities can focus on increasing, and then trumpet when those numbers
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Hi! I am livetweeting this webinar, "LockDown Browser + Respondus Monitor: An Introduction to Online Proctoring." I started by downloading GoToMeeting so I could attend the webinar, but felt scared
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For anyone unfamiliar with it, Proctorio is a browser extension used to eliminate cheating through intense surveillance techniques. It records the computer screen while you take the exam to ensure
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“‘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
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Yesterday I attended a meeting about proctoring the SHSAT and also listened to the 2nd ep. of Nice White Parents on the same day. NYC schools are doubling down on
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Hey @proctorio @artfulhacker How do you explain this? You have strings referencing"A Proctorio agent will review and verify the test taker's room scan"and“live id check”All while still saying that professors
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We did a post-mortem of how emergency remote instruction went last spring via focus groups of undergrads.Here are some lessons learned (a thread!) Check out the pre-print here:https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/f6jkx/ 1. Students
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Hi everyone! I’ll be live tweeting #UAlberta’s General Faculties Council (GFC) meeting today! Follow along for updates #abpse The meeting today opens up with Kate Peters, GFC secretary, explaining the
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The private sector is normalising #FacialRecognition. Fascinated to see their Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).There’s a case for never being able to mitigate enough risk for always-on mass surveillance FR.
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I spend a lot of time looking in detail at abusive situations where tech plays a starring role: stalkerware, bossware, remote proctoring, etc. But nothing I'd read really prepared me
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With the deplatforming of forums where trumpists and right-wing figures congregate, there's a lot of chatter about whether and when private entities have the right to remove speech, and what
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Ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary pals of #MedTwitter — here’s a on the absolute disaster that has gone down with @AAMC_MCAT this year.Please read, please help, please advocate for future
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