In the latest Higher Ed Act, Congress requires colleges to have “processes” establishing that “the student who registers in a distance-education course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the program and receives the academic credit. As one might imagine, this has raised hackles for online instructors--yet another instance of requirements (roadblocks) foisted on online courses, yet not required of f2f courses. After the initial dustup over this, the latest word from the Chronicle is that the requirement will only require that campuses develop some type of secure login strategy.
Well--that ought to solve all the problems of student identity! Doesn't it seem as though a student bent on working the system by finding some shmuck who will take the course for him might also give the shmuck his login info?
Underlying this, of course, is distrust of students and of online learning. I bet someday instructors will look upon this paranoia and laugh. Sooner, the better....
No comments:
Post a Comment