Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Description
A confidential survey, mirroring a previous study, was used to investigate the effect of demographic differences in ERAU-W’s student body on authentication/monitoring – directly applicable to Ignite as it relates to remote modalities. Over 8,000 randomly selected ERAU-W students – both graduate and undergraduate – were invited to participate. After an introduction, with definitions and basic concepts, students answered 11 questions online. The study attempted to differentiate between student acceptance of biometrics for academic integrity as implemented by the University and the same implemented by a third party partner. Additionally, the study investigated differences in perception of video/audio-based monitoring versus non-visual sensors. The author investigated correlations between age, military status, gender, and graduate/undergraduate status, respectively, and the specific preferences expressed in the survey. The selected sample of ERAU-W’s student body exhibited negativity toward third party implementation, but not with the same intensity as the previous study. Students revealed a predilection for fingerprint-based biometrics over video/audio monitoring.
Biometrics for Authentication/Monitoring Academic Integrity: Surveying ERAU-W Student Acceptance and Insights
Daytona Beach, Florida
A confidential survey, mirroring a previous study, was used to investigate the effect of demographic differences in ERAU-W’s student body on authentication/monitoring – directly applicable to Ignite as it relates to remote modalities. Over 8,000 randomly selected ERAU-W students – both graduate and undergraduate – were invited to participate. After an introduction, with definitions and basic concepts, students answered 11 questions online. The study attempted to differentiate between student acceptance of biometrics for academic integrity as implemented by the University and the same implemented by a third party partner. Additionally, the study investigated differences in perception of video/audio-based monitoring versus non-visual sensors. The author investigated correlations between age, military status, gender, and graduate/undergraduate status, respectively, and the specific preferences expressed in the survey. The selected sample of ERAU-W’s student body exhibited negativity toward third party implementation, but not with the same intensity as the previous study. Students revealed a predilection for fingerprint-based biometrics over video/audio monitoring.