An Investigation into the use of Multi-biometric Technology for Securing Online Exams in Jamaican Universities: The Perception of Students and Administrators

EasyChair Preprint 385

Abstract

This study investigated the perception of students and administrators regarding the use of multi-biometric technologies to secure online exams from two Universities, University A and  University B. The overall objective of the research was to discover from respondents’ their knowledge of biometric technology, their acceptance level and concerns they may have towards using biometric technology. A mixed-method approach was used to conduct this study and a triangulation design was used to compare both the qualitative and quantitative data. A total of 288 persons participated in this study. The research findings reveal university administrators view the collection of student’s biometric data with the intention of securing online exams as having beneficial implications for their university and it could possibly help to improve their universities distance learning programme integrity. The findings also reveal that students had mixed reactions towards giving their biometric data to their university for online exam authentication. Students were aware of the benefits of using biometric technologies and do appreciate the reasons for such implementation such as being able to uniquely identify students for example. However majority of the students reported that they have concerns about the privacy of their biometric data. They have concerns about how their biometric data will be stored, protected and used if they were asked to provide such information by their university. The accreditation body UCJ highlighted similar concerns about the storage and protection of student’s biometric data; they believe the government of Jamaica must develop laws to address student data protection in the education environment where biometric technology could be utilized. 

Keyphrases: Authentication, Fingerprint, Multi-biometric, Voice Recognition, eLearning, online authentication

@booklet{EasyChair:385,
  author    = {Andray Lawrence and Leighton Mitchell and Sean Thorpe},
  title     = {An Investigation into the use of Multi-biometric Technology for Securing Online Exams in Jamaican Universities: The Perception of Students and Administrators},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 385},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}