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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? Over the last 8 months, I have been disturbed to watch so many institutions actually cut faculty development budgets while massively increasing spending on LMS contracts, proctoring solutions, plagiarism detection software, cameras in classrooms, and videoconferencing tools.

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How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom

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And then confidentiality in the space, too. I've done a fair bit of faculty development as well, and I think the greatest fear that I hear from faculty is, what do I do when someone yells, or there's clearly anger and frustration in the room, or someone cries or something like that.