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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

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Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work? Well-known names in the industry include ProctorU, Proctorio, and Examity. That robot grading is degrading. Who has a teacher or peer read their paper, and who gets a robot?)

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. This might be a good opportunity to rethink assessment,” he says.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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The NEO mobile app for Windows allows users to access the full feature set within the platform including creating and delivering online classes, assessing students, sharing resources, tracking student achievement, and collaborating on projects. Big Universe is now available in the U.S. exclusively through FuelEd.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” .” The professor in question: Richard Aslin at the University of Rochester. ” asks Bryan Alexander.