ABSTRACT

After almost a year of COVID-19, distance education mediated by digital tools prevails as an ideal way to study given the flexibility, ubiquity, and a variety of tools that make the process more acceptable. Remote proctored exams have become an important tool to ensure integrity and academic honesty in distance education. This mixed methods study aimed at understanding to what extent remote proctored exams impacted the learning process of online graduate students and their academic integrity (ethics), besides the technological factor involved. Results revealed a significant impact of remote proctored exams as regards personal academic honesty because they minimized the possibility of performing acts of dishonesty. Students attributed this to a sense of obligation and the feeling of being watched, rather than internal motivation or a personal reflective process. Lack of privacy and anxiety emerged as aspects of concern for students.

摘要

经过近一年的 COVID-19，以数字工具为媒介的远程教育作为一种理想的学习方式盛行，因为它具有灵活性、普遍性和各种工具，使该过程更容易被接受。远程监考考试已成为确保远程教育诚信和学术诚信的重要工具。这项混合方法研究旨在了解远程监考考试在多大程度上影响在线研究生的学习过程及其学术诚信（道德），以及所涉及的技术因素。结果显示远程监考考试对个人学术诚信有重大影响，因为他们最大限度地减少了不诚实行为的可能性。学生们将此归因于一种义务感和被监视的感觉，而不是内部动机或个人反思过程。缺乏隐私和焦虑成为学生关注的方面。