Re:Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring
by 908B64B197 on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:37PM
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Places that take academic honesty seriously tend to find ways to not have cheating happen in the first place. Caltech is notorious for it's take-home exams for instance.
But let's look at the reality of a student at a normal institution or trying to get into college today; it's a series of high stakes exams that decides your future. And a prisoners' dilemma since as soon as someone cheats you have to do it as well just to keep up. This used to be high risk high reward but now, thanks to the pandemic, it suddenly became low risk high reward. No wonders everyone is doing it.
Really, it's a great equalizer. Pre-Pandemic, it was a common strategy to get "diagnosed" with ADHD to get extra time during exams. But for that you needed well connected parents. Now everyone can cheat.
But let's look at the reality of a student at a normal institution or trying to get into college today; it's a series of high stakes exams that decides your future. And a prisoners' dilemma since as soon as someone cheats you have to do it as well just to keep up. This used to be high risk high reward but now, thanks to the pandemic, it suddenly became low risk high reward. No wonders everyone is doing it.
Really, it's a great equalizer. Pre-Pandemic, it was a common strategy to get "diagnosed" with ADHD to get extra time during exams. But for that you needed well connected parents. Now everyone can cheat.