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Towards a framework of biometrics exam authentication in e-learning environments

Event Name/Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada / 2007

Presentation Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Proceedings Title

Proceeding of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA) 2007

Description

In the past fifteen years the use of Internet technologies has been substantially growing for delivery of educational content. E-learning environments have been incorporated in many universities for the delivery of e-learning courses. However, opponents of e-learning claim that a central disadvantage of such teaching medium is by growing academic misconduct in such environments. In particular, opponents of e-learning argue that the inability to authenticate exam takers is a major challenge of e-learning environments. As a result, some institutions proposed to take extreme measures including asking e-learning students to take exams in proctor centers or even abandon completely the offering of e-learning courses in their institutions. This paper attempts to address this important problem by proposing a framework that incorporates available fingerprint biometric authentication technologies in conjunction with e-learning environments to curb unethical conduct during e-learning exam taking. The proposed framework suggests practical solution that can incorporate a repeated fingerprint biometric user authentication during exam taking in e-learning courses. Doing so is hypothesized to curb exam cheating in e-learning environments.

DOI

10.4018/978-1-59904-929-8.ch124

First Page

539

Last Page

543

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