SnitchCam: Catching Distance Learning Cheaters.

Alex

What's to prevent a student taking online courses from cheating? Nothing much, apparently, until this gizmo hits the market:

This fall, Troy University in Alabama will 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.

The device, made by Cambridge, Mass.-based Software Secure, is similar in many respects to other test-taking software. It locks down a computer while the test is being taken, preventing students from searching files or the Internet. The latest version also includes fingerprint authentication, to help ensure the person taking the test isn't a ringer.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ONLINE_TESTING_CAMERA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-19-15-08-40 - via Gizmodo


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You don't understand people, this technology is infallible, it's the same as they put in electronic voting machines.

In addition to blocking other computers, it also blocks friends, siblings, and more importantly books and printout.
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Well this device would be more effective if it had some sort of 'web cam' that monitored the students live as they took the test. It would be one additional enforcement measure.
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We Neatorama authors are a diverse bunch with a broad range of interests to cover many different areas of neatness. I happen to have an interest in guns, so I post about it occasionally, though not too often. Actually, arts and crafts constitute at least a third of my posted content.

BTW: I emailed you a response when you first asked, but it bounced back as non-deliverable.
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Yes, I notice there are a lot of arts and crafts stuff too. :)

Sorry about my email address. I admit that I haven't checked that address in a long time.
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