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Evaluating Technology to Prevent Academic Integrity Violations in Online Environments
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Brown, Victoria – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2018
Protection of academic integrity in online environments can be challenging. Understanding how the technology works and concerns about each of the methods for monitoring online interactions can assist in the selection of the best proctoring tools. Depending on the content, the type of assessment and the comfort level with the technology, a…
Descriptors: Integrity, Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education, Identification
Integrated Data Systems and Student Privacy. PTAC-IB-4
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Privacy Technical Assistance Center, 2017
Educational authorities and policymakers are increasingly focused on protecting student privacy while using data to inform program and policy decisions. Data from more than one government agency is often analyzed to more holistically inform these decisions. This has led to the development of integrated data systems (IDSs) that allow linkage of…
Descriptors: Privacy, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Program Evaluation
Integrating Healthcare Ethical Issues into IS Education
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Cellucci, Leigh W.; Layman, Elizabeth J.; Campbell, Robert; Zeng, Xiaoming – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2011
Federal initiatives are encouraging the increase of IS graduates to work in the healthcare environment because they possess knowledge of datasets and dataset management that are key to effective management of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information technology (IT). IS graduates will be members of the healthcare team, and as such,…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Ethics, Information Science, Information Science Education
Western Policy Exchanges
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2009
In December 2008, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in partnership with the Data Quality Campaign, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) hosted a meeting of the West's key leaders in building state-wide integrated longitudinal data systems. Such data systems are essential to developing a better…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Privacy, State Agencies
Bolstering Teaching through Online Tools
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Singh, Anil; Mangalaraj, George; Taneja, Aakash – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
This paper offers a compilation of technologies that provides either free or low-cost solutions to the challenges of teaching online courses. It presents various teaching methods the outlined tools and technologies can support, with emphasis on fit between these tools and the tasks they are meant to serve. In addition, it highlights various…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Don't Let Smart Machines Lull You into Dumb Decisions.
Philips, Stephen P.; Summers, Joseph V. – American School Board Journal, 1987
Discusses a "silent menace" in school computer rooms--the potential misuse of databases containing student directories, teacher salary information, test scores, and other data. Describes administrative computer uses and possible abuses, including invasion of privacy, false correlations between data sets, and manipulation of data for questionable…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Boards of Education, Computer Uses in Education, Data Interpretation