Students in Norway take school exams on their state provided laptops with 3ami monitoring and auditing system
At high schools in Nord-Trøndelag, a county near Trondheim, students can take school exams in all subjects on their state provided laptops, thanks to the MAS monitoring and auditing system from UK-based 3ami.
A computer monitoring system originally designed for enterprises and government department use has made a new era of digital exams possible at schools in Norway. Norway has a reputation for innovative use of ICT in Education.
So far, the exam monitoring system based on 3ami's Monitoring and Audit System (MAS) is in use by up to 6000 students, at 11 high schools in pioneering Nord-Trøndelag. MAS Education Edition is designed to be rolled out easily by other Norwegian counties, and many are expected to adopt there and throughout Scandinavia following Nord-Trøndelag's lead as a way to meet government requirements.
During exams in Nord-Trøndelag, student laptops all run 3ami's Monitoring and Audit System (MAS). Any attempt to copy material or contact friends will alert the examination officer, and reports are produced after the exam is complete.
"Students have access to all their normal PC tools and documents," says Bjørg Helland, project manager for digital literacy at Nord-Trøndelag county council (NTFK), "and 3ami MAS makes sure that they follow the restrictions that apply for each test."
The software, designed to let commercial companies monitor their staff's activities, is recommended for use in schools by local security software distributor XO Expect More. Under the overall control of the NTFK, it is managed locally be teachers in each school, so that any incidents can be handled quickly. "Each teacher or school can run MAS without major involvement from NTFK," says Helland.
Other parts of Norway are expected to use the system, and so are school administrations in other countries, to allow today's students to perform at their best in tests, without clipping their digital wings.
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