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Stephen Downes

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"Even though the overall state of the educational technology industry is grim, I still believe that there are technologies that while not perfect, do support learning," writes Sarah Silverman. "Remote proctoring is not one of these technologies." And that's why she expresses concern "as remote proctoring companies have been trying to get into the game of providing pedagogical advice to instructors," pointing to a recent eBook and blog post from Honorlock. Such resources are "an attempt to cloud the arguments of educators who have suggested authentic assessments as an alternative to proctored assessments."

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