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Here are the highlights from the article: The Danish education minister (Merete Riisager) is proposing allowing schools to check their students' private comput
by Svip 9y ago
Here are the highlights from the article:
The Danish education minister (Merete Riisager) is proposing allowing schools to check their students' private computers, as well as their social media activity (and other internet activity), to avoid cheating occurring during tests/exams.
The ministry also clarifies that the schools should not be allow to force access to this information, but can demand access to a student's computer as a prerequisite for their access to the test/exam.
Should a student refuse, the school should be able to confiscate their equipment for up to 24 hours or completely expelling the student from the school. (Note: The article isn't clear whether this means from just the exam or indefinitely.)
It's important to note this is still a proposal. That is, it is in the very early stages of becoming bill or even law. Right now it is in the hearing process.
- slavik81 9y agoI don't understand the context. Does the principal come to my house, boot up my desktop and start looking through what I've been doing the past year? Or is this only applicable to computers brought into exams? If personal computers are used in exams, what accomodations are made for students who do not own computers?
- Svip 9y agoAs far as I know, computers are not required for tests/exams. But are allowed as 'aid'. Therefore, they won't care about one's desktop at home, but only about the laptop one will be bringing into the test/exam room. So with this proposal, if one refuses to let the school check one's equipment, one can still attend the test/exam, but without one's equipment. Or one can be expelled.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoWhenever I read about theee proposal I get excited to find out about the unintended consequences.
- chvid 9y agoThis is a somewhat sensational reading of what this is about. There are some tests; ie. essay writing where students sit in a big hall for up to 4 hours and write their essay (as shown on the photo). Here they are allowed (but not required) to write on their own computer but they are of course not allowed to use the internet to get someone external to write their essay for them. The possibility of control is a measure to prevent that.
- Svip 9y agoIt's been over ten years since I last took a test/exam at this educational level, so I may be unfamiliar with today's procedures. But I do recall also being allowed to use computers in mathematics' tests/exams. You are correct that I neglected to mention that computers are not required during the test. But I felt I maintained the same tone as the article.
- jopsen 9y agoThis actually seems relatively decent. If you care about privacy you format your laptop before bring it to an exam as an aid. That way you also avoid accidentally bringing along any books, old essays or other remedies you're not allowed to bring. Note: IMO, people shouldn't cheat :)