Difference between revisions of "Exam Proctoring Technologies"
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While exam proctoring technologies have been around since 2008, they have reached peak popularity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The systems provided a solution many schools, including high schools and universities, needed to deter cheating in their online testing environments. These technologies typically demand access to a student’s desktop, camera, and microphone. Some of the technologies also track a student’s eye movements during the exam, making sure they are only looking at the screen.<ref>https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13182#:~:text=Online%20proctoring%20software%2C%20which%20first,et%20al.%2C%202021 </ref> Several ethical concerns have been raised in regards to this technology such as privacy and accessibility. | While exam proctoring technologies have been around since 2008, they have reached peak popularity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The systems provided a solution many schools, including high schools and universities, needed to deter cheating in their online testing environments. These technologies typically demand access to a student’s desktop, camera, and microphone. Some of the technologies also track a student’s eye movements during the exam, making sure they are only looking at the screen.<ref>https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13182#:~:text=Online%20proctoring%20software%2C%20which%20first,et%20al.%2C%202021 </ref> Several ethical concerns have been raised in regards to this technology such as privacy and accessibility. | ||
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Revision as of 22:20, 26 January 2023
While exam proctoring technologies have been around since 2008, they have reached peak popularity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The systems provided a solution many schools, including high schools and universities, needed to deter cheating in their online testing environments. These technologies typically demand access to a student’s desktop, camera, and microphone. Some of the technologies also track a student’s eye movements during the exam, making sure they are only looking at the screen.[1] Several ethical concerns have been raised in regards to this technology such as privacy and accessibility.
