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On assessment, integrity and getting out of the way.
What we believe about exams, and why Online Exams is built the way it is.
- 6 min readThere is no 100% AI-proof examIf a company promises you a "100% AI-proof" exam at the click of a button, they are selling you something they cannot deliver. The technology moves too fast, and the…Read
- 5 min readWhy we collect less student dataThere is a trend in educational technology right now: the idea that the best way to prevent cheating is to treat every student as a suspect. We think that gets it…Read
- 6 min readWhy exams don't belong in your LMSYour learning management system is a Swiss Army knife. Good to have in the drawer, and it will open a bottle, cut a string and file a nail. You would not use it to…Read
- 6 min readAI wasn't in the roomThe current EdTech response to AI is an arms race built on a fundamental misunderstanding of the enemy. Vendors are scrambling to build better digital mousetraps. Eye-tracking, keystroke…Read
- 6 min readTell students what is being watchedImagine walking into a room where you are told you are being watched, but you aren't told what the cameras are looking for. You don't know if looking down at your desk is a violation.…Read
- 4 min readTwo minutes, or it doesn't get usedPedagogical momentum is a fragile, fleeting thing. It happens in the space between a lecturer realizing a concept didn’t land, and deciding to test it. It’s the spark that says, "Let’s…Read
- 6 min readWhat automatic grading is actually forFor the last decade, EdTech vendors have sold automatic grading to educators with a very specific, very boring pitch: "Get your weekends back!" It's a nice sentiment. But it is a…Read
- 12 min readNot every student has a laptopSomewhere in a university policy document, buried between the plagiarism guidelines and the parking regulations, there is an assumption that nobody wrote down but everybody built their…Read
- 8 min readScan, and the exam startsThere is a room that exists for exactly ninety seconds. It is the room between the moment a student sits down to take an exam and the moment they read the first question.Read
- 7 min readYour logo, without a branding projectWalk into any university building in the world and notice what happens to your body. Your posture changes slightly. Your voice drops half a register. You slow down. The signage, the…Read
- 5 min readWhy we charge one flat feeImagine a doctor who charges you based on how many times your heart beats during a consultation. Imagine a gym that charges you per rep. It sounds absurd, yet this is the exact economic…Read