Thread by @Jessifer, As a service to students and the greater good, if your institution [...]

Jesse Stommel

Jessifer

As a service to students and the greater good, if your institution is considering a contract with Turnitin or any remote proctoring software company, I will gladly take a meeting with your Provost, President, Head of Distance Learning, or whomever to tell them, “no,” and why.

I will suggest starting here: https://hybridpedagogy.org/resisting-edtech/">https://hybridpedagogy.org/resisting...

A Guide for Resisting Edtech: the Case against Turnitin

Students often find themselves uploading their content — their creative work — into the learning management system. Perhaps they retain a copy of the file on their computer; but with learning...

https://hybridpedagogy.org/resisting-edtech/

And here: https://hybridpedagogy.org/our-bodies-encoded-algorithmic-test-proctoring-in-higher-education/">https://hybridpedagogy.org/our-bodie...

Our Bodies Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education

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...

https://hybridpedagogy.org/our-bodies-encoded-algorithmic-test-proctoring-in-higher-education/

Someone asked about alternatives for ensuring "academic integrity." First, I& #39;ll say that I& #39;m not a fan of how that phrase has been twisted and used against students. Surveillance software is not a solution. Creating a culture of suspicion does not encourage "academic integrity."

Instead, we need to start by trusting students. Some specific advice in this thread: https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/1247912492673773574?s=20">https://twitter.com/Jessifer/...

https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/1247912492673773574?s=20

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