Identity Crisis Online?

Looks like vendors are quickly gearing up for the eventuality that there might be a big push to establishing the identities of online students. I blogged about this earlier. Here is one I received in the email (no, am not advocating for their product; all I am doing is bringing this to your attention). The whole thing reminds me, yet again, of the fantastic cartoon in the New Yorker a few years ago, which I provide here for your amusement, before you get to read the email from a vendor :-)

And now the email from the vendor ....

Increase academic integrity and reduce the costs of proctored exams by ensuring the right student is taking an assessment.

Join Campus Technology, National American University and Acxiom to learn how your institution can verify student identity without hardware from within your learning management system (LMS).

Register today to hear Dr. Jeffrey L. Bailie, Director of Online Faculty Development Distance Learning at National American University and Michael Jortberg of Acxiom describe how NAU reduces the need for proctored exams.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Don't miss this important and timely webinar. Click here to register now.

If you and your institution leaders would like a one-on-one demonstration to learn how to increase distance learning integrity with authentication, please visit www.Acxiom.com/StudentIdentity or give us a call. We've taken common practices from the financial industry and enabled them for distance learning programs, which we can integrate with your LMS. Our cost-effective identity verification process offers:

• Secure verification capabilities designed to reduce the cost associated with testing center registration, proctor validation and proctored exams.
• Predictable pricing and the flexibility to meet instructor and administrator needs.
• No servers, staff, web cam, broadband of fingerprints required.

Thank you,

Mike Jortberg
Acxiom Corporation
Michael.Jortberg@acxiom.com
1.630.944.0379

Learn more about ensuring academic integrity in distance education by reading Acxiom's white paper – "Methods to Verify Identity of Distance Learning Students." Click here for your free copy.

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