Acceptability of the e-authentication in higher education studies: views of students with special educational needs and disabilities

Trust-based e-assessment systems are increasingly important in the digital age for both academic institutions and students, including students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Recent literature indicates a growing number of studies about e-authentication and authorship verific...

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Autores: Laamanen, Merja, Ladonlahti, Tarja, Uotinen, Sanna, Okada, Alexandra, Baneres, David, Kocdar, Serpil
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/130905
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/130905
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acceptability
e-Authentication
students with special educational needs and disabilities
higher education
personal data
accessibilitat
acceptabilitat
autenticació electrònica
estudiants amb necessitats educatives especials i discapacitats
educació superior
dades personals
accesibilidad
aceptabilidad
autenticación electrónica
estudiantes con necesidades educativas especiales y discapacidades
educación superior
datos personales
Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Enseñanza universitaria
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Sumario:Trust-based e-assessment systems are increasingly important in the digital age for both academic institutions and students, including students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Recent literature indicates a growing number of studies about e-authentication and authorship verification for quality assurance with more flexible modes of assessment. Yet understanding the acceptability of e-authentication systems among SEND students is underexplored. This study examines SEND students' views about the use of e-authentication systems, including perceived advantages and disadvantages of new technology-enhanced assessment. This study aims to shed light on this area by examining the attitudes of 267 SEND students who used, or were aware of, an authentication system known as adaptive trust-based e-assessment system for learning (TeSLA). The results suggest a broadly positive acceptability of these e-authentication technologies by SEND students. In the view of these students, the key advantages are the ability of proving the originality of their work, and trust-based e-assessment results; the key disadvantages are the possibility that the technology might not work or present wrong outputs in terms of cheating.