Online Learning Student Authentication

I Googled Higher Education Student Authentication in response to the possible upcoming changes in my institution’s online learning student authentication policy. In the past (through Summer 2010 term) students could register for an online course if they met it’s prerequisite and simply log into our LMS with their assigned username and default password (which they could update after initial log in) and participate in the course as described in the syllabus and addendum. Upon successful completion of the course the student would receive credit (in the case of our credit courses) for that online course without any face-to-face meeting.

If our new authentication policy goes into effect all students who register in an online credit course will be required to take the final exam in a proctored environment to complete the course and receive credit. The Journal of Online Learning and Teaching sighted Heberling’s statement from 2002 which I believe summarizes the necessity of authentication, “While technological advancements of the past decade have leveraged the any time/any place advantage often associated with online learning, similar progress to create a regulated environment for controlled activity has been somewhat of a challenge.” Our new policy will be a cost effective way for us to ensure authentication and in doing so, comply with the federal and accreditation standards behind its implementation.

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