Online Proctoring and Assessment Integrity: A Review of Efficacy Claims and Candidate Experience

Authors

  • Dietlind Hillenkamp Department of Academic Integrity, Frankenwald Laboratory for Learning Sciences, Kronach, Germany Author
  • Marten-Toomas Jaanus Department of Assessment and Measurement, Laane-Viru Institute of Learning Technologies, Rakvere, Estonia Author
  • Katerina-Ioanna Ktoris Centre for Education Data Governance, Kiti Institute of Learning Technologies, Kiti, Cyprus Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22681650

Keywords:

Online Proctoring and Assessment Integrity; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Online Proctoring and Assessment Integrity has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider community
can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the
current evidence for online proctoring and assessment integrity, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost
angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out
for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2022-08-08