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The Bad and the Ugly: Reflections on the Use of Invigilator App by First-Year Students in English Proficiency for University Studies at an Odel University in South Africa

Authors
T. Shange1, *
1University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
*Corresponding author. Email: ezengetc@unisa.ac.za
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T. Shange
Available Online 7 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-006-0_18How to use a DOI?
Keywords
E-proctoring; Invigilator app; ODeL; Connectivism; Digital Surveillance
Abstract

This study explores the first-year students in English Proficiency for University Studies’ experiences of e-proctoring challenges when they used the Invigilator app during online exams at a mega open and distance e-learning (ODeL) university in South Africa. Current research indicates that the few proctoring technologies that are available on the market remain largely untried and untested, thus the amount of research available on the students’ experiences with the Invigilator app is limited. The study seeks to fill that gap by exploring the students’ experiences with this app when they used it for the first time. A mixed methods approach was used involving ten (n = 10) students who completed questionnaires, twenty (n = 20) who took part in online interviews, and five (n = 5) email queries sent by the students during the exam session. The principal findings from the questionnaires, interviews and email queries indicate that while students had experienced challenges with the Invigilator app as they often felt inadequately prepared to use it, they still supported e-proctoring compared to physical invigilation. Future research should focus on how to adequately prepare the students to use the Invigilator app with confidence.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of The Focus Conference (TFC 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
7 February 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-006-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-006-0_18How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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