concern. By next summer, says the De- Iris recognition and voice recog- system compares the new voiceprint
partment of Education, accreditors need nition move onstage to the stored sample. “The entire veri-
to have fi gured out how their client insti- Iris recognition may be a promising fication takes less than 20 seconds. It
tutions will address the issue. is user-friendly and non-
But, complains Jortberg, invasive,” says Steve Coo-
in the negotiated rulemaking
The entire verifi cation
per, CEO of TeamEDU.
process, “the industry con- The average price for a
vinced ED that a user ID and typical course with 25-30
password were suffi cient.” He
takes less than 20 sec-
authentications is about
specifi cally points his fi nger at $20.00 per student per
the Instructional Technology year. No extra equipment
Council. ITC’s “Best Practice
onds. It is user-friendly
is needed beyond the
Strategies to Promote Aca- student’s computer and
demic Integrity in Online Ed-
ucation” seems to support his and non-invasive.
a landline phone or cell
telephone.
claim. Th e seventh of its seven Cooper believes that
guidelines on “Institutional
Context and Commitment”
Steve Cooper, TeamEDU
cost matters. A former po-
liceman and military secu-
is “Secure student logins and rity offi cer before launch-
password to access online ing a higher education
courses and related resources, discussions, prospect for online student identifi ca- service company, Cooper discovered a
assignments and assessments.” However, tion. One vendor, LG Electronics, touts, biometric pen that had been developed
under the “Assessment and Evaluation” “Of all the biometric technologies used for military use. He piloted it at several
portion of the document, a nod is given for human authentication today, it is colleges successfully, but despite its ease
to “Use [of ] proctored test sites where ap- generally conceded that iris recognition of use and accuracy, the $200 price point
propriate.” is the most accurate. Iris recognition was prohibitive.
Whether or not the trade association has also shown itself to be exceedingly ED seems to expect technologies to
exercised the infl uence that Jortberg as- versatile and suited for large popula- evolve, and places the burden on insti-
cribes to it, ED’s March 2009 “Proposed tion applications.” European banks and tutions and accrediting organizations
Regulatory Language” does state, “Ac- the U.S. military in the Middle East are to fi nd solutions, rather than rigidly
crediting agencies must require institu- using iris recognition today. Iris-recog- prescribing the solution. Meanwhile,
tions that off er distance education or cor- nition.org lists eight iris-recognition Jeff Bailey shrugs and says, “People who
respondence education to have processes vendors, while LG Electronics boasts cheat will always cheat.” Consequently,
in place to establish that the student who dozens of clients, including the Harvard the best method, he suggests is “multiple
registers for a distance education or cor- Medical School. assessment points.” An online course
respondence course or program is the Voice recognition is another solution should avoid a “big fi nal that encourages
same student who participates in and using currently available technology. A cheating by its high stakes.”
TC
completes the program and receives the fi rm named csIDentity, a serious player
academic credit. … the expectation is that in the commercial identity theft busi-
institutions have security mechanisms in ness, has licensed its voice recognition
place, such as identifi cation numbers, system to TeamEDU for distribution in
or other pass code information, that are the higher education marketplace.
used each time student participates in When students enroll where csI-
class time or coursework online.” Dentity VoiceVerified is used, a voice
Yet, in the same breath, the ED docu- print is made and stored. Later, the
ment adds that “… as new identifi cation system randomly telephones students
technologies are developed, and become when they submit an electronic test or
more sophisticated and less expensive, other assignment to the school’s learn- Jim Castagnera is a
the conferees anticipate that agencies ing management system. The student university attorney and the e
and institutions will consider their use in will be asked to repeat a random set of author of Al Qaeda Goes to
the future.” numbers displayed on his screen. The College [Praeger 2009].
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