This post is from eSchoolNews. New technology to be used by Troy University's eCampus program starting this fall will place cameras inside students' homes to ensure that those taking exams online don't cheat.
The number of students taking courses online is surging, creating a dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.
Do you trust students to take an exam on their own computer from home or work, even though it might be easy to sneak a peek at the textbook? Or, do you force them to trek to a proctored test center, detracting from the convenience that drew them to online classes in the first place?
The quandary is one reason many online programs do little testing at all. But new technology that places a camera inside students' homes might be the way of the future--as long as students (not to mention educators and parents) don't find it too creepy.
This fall, Troy University in Alabama is scheduled to begin rolling out the new camera technology for many of its approximately 11,000 online students, about a third of whom are at U.S. military installations around the world. To read the rest of this article click here.
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