DETERMINANTS OF INSTRUCTORS’ INTENTION TO USE ONLINE PROCTORING TO PROMOTE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

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2023-05

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[Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University

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As universities moved to remotely taught courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of maintaining academic integrity in online environments grew. At many universities, the decision whether to use tools to deter or detect academic dishonesty is often left to the instructor teaching the course. While many instructors and universities have found plagiarism detection tools to be valuable in upholding academic integrity on written assignments, there has been less usage of online proctoring solutions to deter and detect academic dishonesty during remote testing. This research study investigated instructors’ perceptions about the use of online proctoring to uncover what drives faculty to adopt online proctoring as an academic integrity tool. The study used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology framework to examine the determinants that influence whether an instructor intended to use online proctoring. An online survey was completed by 158 instructors at a variety of higher education institutions. Through the use of structural equation modeling, the study found that performance expectancy is the primary determinant of an instructor’s intention to use online proctoring. Social influence had a significant impact on instructors who had moderate to no online teaching experience but did not have an impact on instructors who had significant online teaching experience. Effort expectancy had no significant impact on an instructor’s intention to use online proctoring. Thematic analysis of open-ended comments identified the benefits of online proctoring to faculty, students, and the learning process beyond ensuring academic integrity. Comments also identified several challenges with using online proctoring including additional burdens placed on students when required to use online proctoring. Instructors also raised legal, ethical, and social concerns with the use of online proctoring. Despite these concerns, instructors identified strong use cases for online proctoring and alternative strategies for ensuring academic integrity in online courses.

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Thesis (Ed.D.) - Indiana University, Department of Instructional Systems Technology/School of Education, 2023

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online learning, academic integrity, online proctoring, online examinations, remote testing, technology acceptance

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Doctoral Dissertation