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Behind the Webcam's Watchful Eye, Online Proctoring Takes Hold
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Kolowich, Steve – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Hailey Schnorr has spent years peering into the bedrooms, kitchens, and dorm rooms of students via Webcam. In her job proctoring online tests for universities, she has learned to focus mainly on students' eyes. Ms. Schnorr works for ProctorU, a company hired by universities to police the integrity of their online courses. ProctorU is part of a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Testing, Video Technology, Group Testing
Need Therapy? Check Your in Box
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Farrell, Elizabeth F. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
Researchers at Emory University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are seeking an answer to whether the Internet can help save the life of a suicidal student. A study conducted at both colleges gauged the effectiveness of anonymous online depression-screening questionnaires and results indicate that the surveys helped counselors…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Clinical Psychology, Student Surveys, Program Effectiveness
How a Computer Program Learns To Grade Essays.
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Developers of the Intelligent Essay Assessor claim that it saves time in evaluating college students' essays and improves the assessment. This and the growing number of other automated grading programs use the same technologies that make computer-based tutoring possible. Many academics remain skeptical of grading technologies, citing the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Essays
New Computer Technique Seen Producing a Revolution in Educational Testing.
Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
The emergence of computerized adaptive tests (CATs), which customize assessment for each individual, may mean more efficient testing. A CAT version of the Graduate Record Examination is in production. Critics have many questions about the technique, which is based on item response theory. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Change, Higher Education, Individual Differences
European Educators Predict Chaos if ETS Expands Internet-Based English Test to 100 Countries
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Labi, Aisha – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Educators in Europe are complaining about mishandled changes in a key English-language test and are demanding that the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which runs the examination, delay plans to introduce its new online format in March 2006 in more than 100 countries. Critics of the planned change in the Test of English as a foreign Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Foreign Students, Educational Testing
Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 29, March 26, 2004
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Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 26, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Going Over the Falls" (Brady, John N.); (2) "Lessons in Departmental…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Colleges, Dormitories, Foreign Countries
Textbooks and Tests That Talk Back.
Guernsey, Lisa – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
New computer software for physics, mathematics, computer science, and statistics courses at North Carolina State University and in some high schools allows students to solve problems on the computer, recording every answer submitted to provide faculty with a record of student performance, and providing immediate feedback to students. Computerized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Science