Pat James Hanz

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How Do You Know Who Your Students Really Are?
Facing Authentication Regulations

• Pat James Hanz
• July 6, 2009
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AuthenticationDo you know who your students
really are?

• A conversation about ideas.

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The Issue Higher Education Opportunities Act
2008
Section 495 of the HEOA 2008 (ii) the agency
or association requires an institution that
offers distance education or correspondence
education to have processes through which the
institution establishes that the student who
registers in a distance education or
correspondence education course or program is the
same student who participates in and completes
and receives credit for the course.
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What did we do?
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Clarification, please.
The Conferees legislators expect institutions
that offer distance education to have security
mechanisms in place, such as identification
numbers or other pass code information required
to be used each time the student participates in
class time or coursework on-line. As new
identification technologies are developed and
become more sophisticated, less expensive and
more mainstream, the Conferees anticipate that
accrediting agencies or associations and
institutions will consider their use in the
future.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF
CONFERENCE http//help.senate.gov/Hearings/2008_0
7_29_E/Statement_of_Managers.pdf
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Final Language says we have options.Higher
Education Act 602.17 Application of standards in
reaching an accreditation decision.

• Requires institutions to verify the identity of a
  student who participates in class or coursework
  by using, at the option of the institution,
  methods such as
• (i) A secure login and pass code
• (ii) proctored examinations and
• (iii) New or other technologies and practices
  that are effective in verifying student
  identification
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• (2) Makes clear in writing that institutions must
  use processes that protect student privacy and
  notify students of projected additional student
  charges associated with verification of student
  identity, if any , at the time of registration or
  enrollment.
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What???

• Translation
• We dont have to employ invasive measures and the
  accreditation agencies have to ensure that
  colleges have processes established that ensure
  that the student we registered is the student
  taking the course.
• We have do develop processes!
• We have to adopt the processes!
• They have to be written down someplace!
  (Evidence)
• Everyone has to follow them!

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What will be asked in Accreditation?

• Has authentication of student identity been a
  common institutional practice to date?
• In Policy Is it treated separately or as part of
  academic honesty/integrity policies.
• In Practice Is authentication left to the
  individual instructors discretion and
  responsibility, or is done or enforced by
  institutionally mandated practices?
• Have Evidence
• 
  Stolen shamelessly from Barbara Benos
  presentation.

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What do I think we shouldnt be discussing?
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Secure Exam Remote Proctor!
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Acxiom
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What should we be discussing?

• Strategies that promote Academic Integrity Online
• Cheating in all classes
• Good teaching
• Resource WCET Resources including Best Practice
  Strategies and Examples of Institutional
  Practices and Policies http//www.wcet.info/2.0/i
  ndex.php?qnode/1212

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What do you think?(resources to follow)
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WCET to the rescue! Western Cooperative for
Educational Telecommunications

• Webinars and Presentations
• http//www.immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/W
  CET_US/W090320E.pdf
• Discussions DE Coordinators, ETAC, ASCCC
• Resources
• WCET Resources including Best Practice Strategies
  and Examples of Institutional Practices and
  Policies http//www.wcet.info/2.0/index.php?qnod
  e/1212
• American Council on Education Nice Analysis
  http//www.acenet.edu/e-newsletters/p2p/ACE_HEA_an
  alysis_818.pdf
• Rule Making http//www.ed.gov/policy/highered/re
  g/hearulemaking/2009/accreditation.html
• Presentation by Barbara Beno http//wiche.edu/atta
  chment_library/conference_presentations/whats_arou
  nd_the_corner_beno.pdf
• Presentation by Laurie McNabb http//wiche.edu/att
  achment_library/conference_presentations/whats_aro
  und_the_corner_mcnabb.pdf

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QA

• Patricia James
• Dean of Library and Technology
• (Distance Education, too!)
• And
• Co-Director of _at_ONE
• pjames_at_msjc.edu
• 951 639 5440

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