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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning and evaluation processes have been moved to an online modality to keep social distance and reduce the spreading of the virus. The strategies implemented for assessment and proctoring in this online remote teaching and assessment emergency are no exception when proctoring test-takers. This problem is addressed from a practical context of study: the English Language Proficiency Tests of a University in southeast Mexico. Considering an iterative user-centered mixed methodology, a set of dashboards was designed, implemented and evaluated to visualize the information generated by test-takers during the administration process. An increase in the Usability of the dashboards is observed in all heuristic categories, with visual design being greater. The use of the mixed methodology and the constant user feedback during the process helped us to reduce development time compared with other works found in the literature. Moreover, it is possible to use the proposed dashboards in other application domains like medicine, or care facilities where user activity monitoring is needed to make informed decisions. categoryHuman-centered computing; Information visualization [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Online and blended learning need an appropriate assessment strategy which ensures academic integrity. During the pandemic, many universities have chosen for online proctoring. Although some earlier examples suggest that online proctoring may reduce cheating, the potential side‐effects of proctoring are largely unknown. Objectives: Therefore, this study aims to identify the effects of proctoring on students' self‐reported temptation to cheat and potentially undesirable side‐effects, including test anxiety, perceived exam difficulty, and performance. In addition, we examine which contextual and student characteristics affect test anxiety during online exams. Methods: For this, we collected four waves of survey data throughout a year of teaching during the pandemic at one faculty of a Dutch university, resulting in a total sample of 1760 students within 105 courses. Results and Conclusions: Multi‐level analyses showed that while proctoring had no effect on the temptation to cheat, exam difficulty or performance, students reported higher levels of test anxiety. Some learning strategies, internet literacy, access to a reliable technology and a dedicated study space as well as gender and financial stress affect their test anxiety. To conclude, the decision to use online proctoring needs to consider the undesirable side‐effect on test anxiety. We discuss practical implications for university administrators, educational designers and teachers to reduce test anxiety. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: Proctoring is often used to ensure academic integrity in online exams.Some evidence shows that proctoring reduces cheating.Little is known about the potential negative side‐effects of proctoring. What this paper adds: The use of proctoring has no effect on the temptation to cheat.The use of proctoring results in increased test anxiety.Several student characteristics and contextual factors reduce text anxiety. Implications for practice: Consider potential negative side‐effects when choosing for proctoring.Time management and internet literacy training might reduce test anxiety.Simulating the exam environment might be used to reduce test anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author of this article uses two empirical approaches to compare online to face-to-face proctored assessment. Using data from a Dutch economics program, he shows that the relationship between grades and human capital variables remains highly significant for courses with online proctored examinations. Additionally, a search for suspicious grade patterns does not indicate an increase in cheating. Overall, the findings do not provide convincing evidence that online proctored assessment is more conducive to cheating than assessment using face-to-face proctoring. In view of the increasing evidence that unproctored online assessment may suffer from high levels of cheating, this suggests that educational institutions can reduce the risk of cheating by using online proctoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, there has been an increase in online education. However, an adequate technique was not developed for online examinations. Some educational facilities have compiled assignments that students may copy and paste from the web, while others use remote proctoring, where a human proctor monitors what the students are doing online. Cheating in online tests remains common despite all the growth that has taken place in this field. This paper proposes an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system that can assist in the automatic detection of fraud in online tests. This method is both efficient and trustworthy. This system outperformed previous systems in experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the current problem of identifying violations during distance learning during the final certification. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has served as a stimulus for innovation in the field of education in all countries, including Kazakhstan. Innovative approaches are being taken to ensure the continuity of education and training. Thanks to the rapid response measures taken by governments and partners around the world to ensure the smooth learning process. The ongoing digital transformation of an educational institution requires appropriate information content, suitable methodological models, effective teaching methods and a supportive learning environment. The solution to one of the urgent tasks is to ensure the quality and reliability of assessing the knowledge of students by introducing an online proctoring system. The primary task of the online proctoring system is to recognize faces and identify abnormal behavior of students. The basis for obtaining data is the unified information educational environment of the D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University is represented by the SPORTAL hardware and software system, which is an integration of two powerful subsystems: a Web application - the Dales of Knowledges educational portal and the SPORTAL information and software complex. The main theoretical results obtained are aimed at solving practical problems and are being introduced into the educational environment of D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University to increase the degree of confidence in the results of students' knowledge in distance learning using an online proctoring system. The article presents the results of studies of one of the Viola-Jones face detection methods, commonly known as Haar cascades. During the study, a technology for identifying faces and detecting violations in real time was developed. Domestic and foreign scientists who have made a significant contribution to the development of methods for processing facial images are noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Distance education allows educators, with the use of technology, to deliver curriculum to students who are separated from their instructors. As higher education evolves, enrollment in distance education continues to present challenges of academic dishonesty. Proctoring services can provide educators with a practical and cost effective approach to reduce academic dishonesty in accounting programs. This study examines the effects of online proctoring programs on students' exam performance in an online accounting course. Our findings show lower exam performance when proctoring services are used, consistent with a reduction in academic dishonesty. More importantly, we show that proctoring affects lower performing students' exam performance more than higher performing students. These results have implications for accounting faculty in designing accounting courses, which can be delivered through a distance learning approach while maintaining the academic integrity and rigor demanded by the accounting profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Online exam supervision technologies have recently generated significant controversy and concern. Their use is now booming due to growing demand for online courses and for off-campus assessment options amid COVID-19 lockdowns. Online proctoring technologies purport to effectively oversee students sitting online exams by using artificial intelligence (AI) systems supplemented by human invigilators. Such technologies have alarmed some students who see them as a "Big Brother-like" threat to liberty and privacy, and as potentially unfair and discriminatory. However, some universities and educators defend their judicious use. Critical ethical appraisal of online proctoring technologies is overdue. This essay provides one of the first sustained moral philosophical analyses of these technologies, focusing on ethical notions of academic integrity, fairness, non-maleficence, transparency, privacy, autonomy, liberty, and trust. Most of these concepts are prominent in the new field of AI ethics, and all are relevant to education. The essay discusses these ethical issues. It also offers suggestions for educational institutions and educators interested in the technologies about the kinds of inquiries they need to make and the governance and review processes they might need to adopt to justify and remain accountable for using online proctoring technologies. The rapid and contentious rise of proctoring software provides a fruitful ethical case study of how AI is infiltrating all areas of life. The social impacts and moral consequences of this digital technology warrant ongoing scrutiny and study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Анализируется современное состояние профессионального образования, которое рассматривается как социальный феномен. Представлены характеристики профессионального образования как составляющей образовательной системы. Отмечается, что современное состояние профессионального образования находится на уровне модернизации в пользу использования инновационных образовательных технологий. Акцентируется внимание на главной тенденции современного профессионального образования – его цифровизации. Ситуация, вызванная COVID-19, привела к тому, что образовательные учреждения были вынуждены перейти на новые форматы обучения (дистанционное и онлайн-обучение). Основными факторами, повлиявшими на данную ситуацию, названы пандемия COVID-19, накопленный международный опыт, современные потребности общества и рыночной экономики. Несмотря на технологические и организационные трудности, выработаны общие подходы к профессиональному обучению дистанционно и онлайн, создана база образовательного контента.

This paper explores the impact on faculty and students of the forced transition to eLearning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of the literature on eLearning modalities and the issues involved in transitioning from face-to-face instruction is followed by a series of reports on the experiences of 11 faculty and in making the change from traditional instruction to various modalities of eLearning. The impacts on students were assessed through a survey of students in classes during the pandemic. The methodology employed is an adaptation of the grounded theory approach used in sociology along with survey research. The results indicate that the primary advantages to the transition to eLearning were the flexibility afforded both faculty and students and the ability to continue delivering quality instruction during the pandemic. The primary negatives were the difficulty in engaging students in the new delivery modalities and the significant challenges involved in proctoring exams. Prior experience with online and blended learning on the part of the faculty and students made the transition smoother. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]