Taking Back the Narrative of Ed Tech
Shea Swauger,
Jun 08, 2020
This post summarizes a dispute between Shea Swauger, who wrote a review of algorithmic test proctoring, and Proctorio, a company involved in the industry. First they asked him to retract, and then they wrote a column in response in Inside Higher Ed. It's an odd response, asking that we recognize a distinction between 'facial recognition' and 'facial detection' technology, and agree that "there is a potential threat to society when students are not expected to meet integrity standards set forth by their institution." In any case, Swauger's main point still stands, I think: "Biometric-based authentication technologies like facial recognition, fingerprint/retinal ID, voice, or keystroke recognition should never be used in an educational setting. There are too many privacy, security, and equity risks to justify any potential benefits."
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