Understanding Privacy Concerns in Online Courses: A Case Study of Proctortrack

Haq, Anwar Ul; Jamal, Arshad; Butt, Usman Javed; Munawar, Asim; Ozkaya, Aykut

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23276-8_12

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“…Several concerns have been raised about remote online proctoring, including the invasiveness of the software (Chin, 2020;Hubler, 2020), lack of transparency regarding data collection and management (Haq et al, 2015;Morrison & Heilweil, 2020), and the potential for algorithmic bias (Hu, 2020). Demonstrating their opposition to the software, students across the country also petitioned to halt its use (Sandlin, 2020;Walsh, 2020).…”

Section: Online Remote Proctoring Software In the Neoliberal Institution: Measurement Accountability And Testing Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Online Remote Proctoring Software in the Neoliberal Institution: Measurement, Accountability, and Testing Culture

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2021

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As COVID-19 spread in early 2020, a lockdown was implemented across Canadian provinces andterritories, resulting in the shuttering of physical post-secondary campuses. Universities quicklypivoted to remote learning, and faculty members adjusted their instructional and assessmentapproaches to align with virtual environments. Presumably to aid with this process, a number ofinstitutions acquired licenses to remote online proctoring services. This paper examines theresearch around online remote proctoring, examining the justification offered for the adoption ofonline remote proctoring, and contemporary research on assessment practices in higher education.Throughout the paper, I demonstrate a lack of research that speaks to the efficacy of this mode ofassessment while also acknowledging shifts in the testing environment, and an increase in studentanxiety. I argue that online remote proctoring is not only embedded within neoliberalism and auditculture, but supports a continued reliance on testing culture. It concludes with a discussion ofassessment culture, offering some alternative assessment approaches that might disrupt the veryneed for online remote proctoring. Keywords: Online remote proctoring, assessment, testing

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Section: Online Remote Proctoring Software In the Neoliberal Institution: Measurement Accountability And Testing Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Online Remote Proctoring Software in the Neoliberal Institution: Measurement, Accountability, and Testing Culture

Hébert¹

2021

in education

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2021

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At this writing, the news media has been full of stories about the emergence of a new corona virus variant named "omicron," not the least of which has been how to pronounce it. That said, the fact that we are still in a pandemic and things may potentially worsen should certainly eclipse the need to learn how to pronounce omicron. COVID-19 has turned the world sideways impacting almost every person and facet of human activity in multiple ways that were heretofore unimagined by most people. Despite humanity's concerted efforts the virus continues to mutate and infect people at alarming rates across different regions of the world. Certainly, we have become more cognizant of the inequities that persist around the world with access to vaccines, and the significant numbers of folks not getting vaccinated, and the ongoing race to track and analyze new variants. Yet, with all that the virus has done around the world many folks continue to try and aim their actions and life toward some kind of normal. But what seems to becoming abundantly clear is that it is not possible to return to some perceived normal that was imagined prepandemic; we seem to be decidedly in transition toward a quickly changing new reality.

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