At St. Petersburg State University, a public student campaign has been launched against the practice of expulsion against the backdrop of an opaque system for taking online courses. Among the violations mentioned are looking away from the screen and the use of smartphones, second screens.
According to Marina Lavrikova, First Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, 13 students were expelled from the university on the third attempt based on the results of summer certification. Violations were confirmed by an electronic system and a proctor, who remotely monitors the process of passing tests, said a representative of the university in the virtual reception room of St. Petersburg State University.
“I would like to note that timely and conscientious mastering of online course materials, timely preparation for passing the final certification, timely setting and testing of the student’s gadget allow the vast majority of students to pass the appropriate tests without any problems,” Lavrikova said.
As a Rosbalt correspondent reports, faced with the system of passing tests for online courses, students receive an “unsatisfactory” grade and justification from representatives of St. the document is not readable ”and others. The last “violation” is recorded if the image of the passport shown in the webcam by the student is blurred. Poor quality camera does not focus on small print.
The SPbU Student Council has repeatedly raised the problem at meetings. On December 13, the association sent another appeal to the university management, in which it asked to revise the procedure for issuing attestation for exams and tests in an online format, to re-check records in controversial cases. Also, students spoke in favor of the possibility of passing certification for online courses in the classroom without a proctoring system. Let us add that such a proposal was first received in the fall by a Rosbalt correspondent as a student of St. Petersburg State University.
Earlier, more than 70 SPbU students were evicted from the hostel to the sanatorium due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Source: Rosbalt
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