the pitfalls of online proctoring

Remote proctoring, or online proctoring, means to use either human proctors or automated processes to monitor the delivery of a digital assessment through microphone and web camera using the internet.

This article is ostensibly a response to the use of proctoring software in higher education.

But in order to do that properly the author has also delved into learning and assessment.

It's a well-written piece that questions some of our taken-for-granted assumptions around assessment.

This goes both ways. A teacher who believes that their job is to control access to specialised information, and to control assessment may use technology to close down learning opportunities (e.g. by banning the use of Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.) and even insisting on the installation of surveillance (proctoring) software on students' personal computers.

Again, you can argue that technology in itself doesn't make the difference.