GRADUATE SPEAKER SERIES

Join Dr. Jan Fernback on Monday, November 18, where she will discuss her research during her presentation, Surveillance, Privacy, and Anti-Bias in Online Proctoring: A Trust Perspective on Higher Education Technology.

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

Educational technology, particularly AI, is becoming commonplace and accepted as revolutionary and desirable. However, the increasing use of online exam supervision technologies in higher ed is problematic. Using an ethical, theoretical lens focused on trust, this empirical study examines the communicative relationship between institutionally deployed online proctoring (OP) systems and students. Trust is vital in AI-based ed-tech; privacy and anti-bias command careful trust in AI technologies' infrastructure, legal protections, and commercial intention security measures. Ethical practices within higher education require us to consider the intersection of AI technologies and assessment as it pertains to the goals and civic obligations of the academy. This research aims to open a dialogue on the nature of AI-based ed-tech with the recognition that any investment in AI in the academy requires a corresponding investment in trust.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Jan Fernback (she/they) is an associate professor and director of the media studies and production graduate program. Her current work examines issues of privacy and surveillance online and in mobile technologies, the impact of information/communication technologies on urban revitalization efforts, institutional uses of ICTs, ethics and AI assistants, and the meaning of virtual community in contemporary culture.