Keeping an Eye on Online Learning Cheaters - Linda L. Briggs, Campus Technology

When it comes to secure testing online, even high-tech solutions rely on an old standby: a human proctor. But is such an approach sustainable in the long run? Human proctoring "has been around for over 100 years" and works very well, says Peg Wherry, director of online and distance learning at Montana State University. There's already a well-established system for exam proctoring, created by schools that were offering distance learning--mail-correspondence courses, essentially--long before computers arrived on the scene. This proctoring network is generally available to other colleges and universities. Although Wherry has years of experience with online learning programs at multiple institutions, MSU's distance-learning program is just beyond its pilot phase; online courses for undergraduates were offered to a small group for the first time in fall 2012. At testing time, online learners select human proctors from a list furnished by the university, or offer up their own proctor for approval. http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/04/04/keeping-an-eye-on-cheaters.aspx