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Gasta 01 Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre Session Chair: Dr Tom Farrelly, Munster Technological University | |
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Standing tall in the face of tech giants British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada What's an ethical educational technologist to do when a harmful technology is implemented and forced upon students? This was the dilemma many of us faced when AI-mediated remote proctoring software exploded in use during the COVID-19 pandemic. I followed my values. I shared everything I knew about how the technology worked and why it was harmful. I urged my communities to listen to students. This Gasta talk is a sequel to 2019's "Protecting Our Values in the Shadow of Tech Giants" from ETUG 25 (available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_uvL7pvG8). I will share the story of being sued by Proctorio for 7 critical tweets and the lessons I learned. After five years, the ordeal is finally over. I never backed down. Knowing that there would be only one chance to stop the advance of academic surveillance software, I continued to criticize Proctorio at great personal risk. I have a message for all ethical educational technologists seeking to change the future of EdTech in the face of tech giants who would sue in order to silence. | |