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A computer sciences class was told they would all be docked marks for academic misconduct because the alleged cheaters could not be found. The university has now apologised.
An university lecturer says she is unable to determine the perpetrators of widespread misconduct in one of her classes, so she will dock the marks of all 300 students.
Companies offering proctoring tools that monitor students as they take online exams are now being watched themselves—by Democratic senators. Led b
(2020). Empirical investigation of authentic assessment theory: An application in online courses using mimetic simulation created in university learning management ecosystems. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. Ahead of Print.
On exam day in South Korea, the nation falls silent. Planes are grounded, offices stay shut, parents pray for their children's success and police patrol the streets to make sure students get to their destination on time. How they perform on this one test can change everything.
Presenter: A/Prof Phillip Dawson (Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University, Australia)
This session was part of a double bill jointly presented by Transforming Assessment and CRADLE Deakin University on 18 and 19 November 2020.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to encourage honesty among students when exams are conducted online — and more.
The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponent
Some described intense stress as remote proctors watched them take tests, worrying they would be labeled as cheats. Others said they had urinated at their desks for fear that leaving for the bathroom would hurt their chances of a post-graduation career.
Cheating is not a technological problem, but a social and pedagogical problem. Technology is often blamed for creating the conditions in which cheating proliferates and is then offered as the solution to the problem it created; both claims are false.
Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World explores the phenomenon of e-cheating and identifies ways to bolster assessment to ensure that it is secured against threats posed by technology.
Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the book develops the concept of assessment security through research from cybersecurity, game studies, artificial intelligence and surveillance studies. Throughout, there is a rigorous examination of the ways people cheat in different contexts, and the effectivenes
As more colleges and school districts prepare to resume remote instruction for the fall, educators may worry how to prevent cheating when assignment
Students says their concerns about Covid-19 are being ignored by the university.
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More than 70 cadets allegedly cheated on a virtual calculus exam in May, officials revealed Monday.
In India’s brutally competitive testing culture, students focus on exam prep for years. But the pandemic had other plans for them.
On Thursday night, the ATAR was the be-all and end-all for the Class of 2020; by Friday lunch, it was on its way to being forgotten.
Standardised tests or exams have been in place in a number of educational systems for nearly two centuries. They are rooted in reformers’ desire to regulate schooling and hold educators accountable.
Oral assessment allows students to demonstrate their ability to reflect, analyse and communicate complex ideas – follow our guide for delivering oral exams online.
We explore the area of assessment in a remote and potentially asynchronous learning environment.
As colleges ask faculty to prepare for a possible online, hybrid or altered in-person fall semester—or all three simultaneously—many instructors ar
Many are tempted to cheat, but honor codes are surprisingly effective in curbing the problem.
With so many classes online during the pandemic—many of them taught by professors still struggling to figure out how to teach in the format—student
Universities are digitally spying on students to make sure they don’t cheat on online tests. A whole generation could be learning to tolerate surveillance.
With so many classes online during the pandemic—many of them taught by professors still struggling to figure out how to teach in the format—student
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