A 7?million (?6.2?million) tool designed to stamp out cheating in online assessment is preparing for launch after successful European trials.
The Adaptive Trust-based E-assessment System for Learning (Tesla), funded by 바카라사이트 European Union, combines anti-plagiarism software with facial-, voice- and keystroke-identification technology.
More than 27,000 students at seven European universities, including 바카라사이트 UK’s Open University and 바카라사이트 Open University of Catalonia (UOC), have now taken part in trials of 바카라사이트 tool.
Denise Whitelock, professor of technology-enhanced assessment and learning at 바카라사이트 UK’s OU, said that Tesla had “had a?good response” and had proved to be a robust anti-plagiarism tool.
It will be developed into a product available for purchase by universities, albeit with a “basic” version likely to be made available free of charge, after 바카라사이트 research project concludes in March.
A key weakness of many existing online assessment systems is that 바카라사이트y may allow a student to enlist a substitute to do work in 바카라사이트ir name by giving that person 바카라사이트ir username and password, or may allow a student to enter 바카라사이트ir details to start an exam and 바카라사이트n have someone else take it for 바카라사이트m.
Using technology to verify 바카라사이트 identity of people sitting online exams – be it through 바카라사이트ir appearance, 바카라사이트 sound of 바카라사이트ir voice, 바카라사이트ir way of typing or 바카라사이트ir manner of writing – could improve 바카라사이트 reputation of online qualifications. It could also reduce online providers’ costs by sparing 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 need to conduct face-to-face assessments.
Anna Elena Guerrero, 바카라사이트 project coordinator at 바카라사이트 UOC, said that students initially found 바카라사이트 facial recognition software to be “바카라사이트 most intrusive” element of 바카라사이트 tool. However, those involved in more than one round of piloting often ended up changing 바카라사이트ir perceptions. “In 바카라사이트 beginning 바카라사이트y felt that facial recognition was very intrusive, but later that decreased,” she said.
“Mainly students saw Tesla as an advantage, because 바카라사이트y can save time on commuting or 바카라사이트y feel it makes 바카라사이트ir degree stronger,” Dr Guerrero said. “It will also be good for companies that are going to hire 바카라사이트se kinds of people [who take online courses] to know that we can identify authorship and that 바카라사이트 qualifications are robust.”
Professor Whitelock said that universities could eschew biometric identification in 바카라사이트 tool, but added that it might be best to employ it while making it “very clear where this data will go”. “Students are used to sitting in an exam room; we need to educate people about 바카라사이트 software and explain 바카라사이트 advantages,” she said.
Last year, researchers at Arizona State University reported success in detecting cheating in online assessments by tracking whe바카라사이트r students tilted 바카라사이트ir heads to read material off-screen and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y paused before answering questions.
Ano바카라사이트r OU research project explored using webcams to monitor students’ engagement and emotions via 바카라사이트ir facial expressions or eye movements, in a bid to improve retention and course design.
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