In Defence of Ian Linkletter
News broke this evening that Proctorio has served notice of a lawsuit to Ian Linkletter in response to his vital work publicizing the mechanisms by which Proctorio works. The Vancouver Province ran the story today.
Ian Linkletter is one of the most ethical, aware, and student-centred learning technologists working in Canada today. Ian’s central focus is always care, and his concerns with the entire class of proctoring tools is well-documented. His careful investigation in this field, including the tweets in question, help to better inform the work of all learning technologists. To do our jobs properly, we need access to information and we need to understand the impact of our choices on the students we serve. Without Ian’s work, we would know less. His work is scholarship, and his work is care.
We demonstrate care for students by trusting students. All proctoring tools are open to critique from those working within this discipline to reshape an academic culture that stands in opposition to student trust, and that increasingly relies on surveillance technologies to replace the difficult work of assessment. If these tools want us to trust them, we need to understand how they work. We need critics like Ian to force transparency in spaces where it is difficult to find, as we cannot critique what we don’t know. Ian’s attempts to shine light in these dark corners should be — and are, by the EdTech community — met with gratitude.
Ian’s work is part of a larger body of scholarly critique on the place of surveillance technologies in education and should be supported and defended as such, alongside works like:
- “Our Bodies Encoded” by Shea Swauger
- “Centring a Critical Curriculum of Care During Crisis” by Maha Bali
- “School Work and Surveillance” by Audrey Watters
- “A Guide for Resisting EdTech” by Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel
- “Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods” by Tim Fawns and Jen Ross
The first iteration of this letter was signed by the following scholars, educational technologists, and interested parties. If you would like to add your support to this letter, please comment below and your name will be added to future iterations.
In solidarity.
Brenna Clarke Gray
Coordinator, Educational Technologies
Thompson Rivers University
Laura Gibbs, PhD
Online Instructor
University of Oklahoma
Hannah McGregor
Assistant Professor
Simon Fraser University
Bonnie Stewart
Assistant Professor of Online Pedagogy & Workplace Learning
Faculty of Education
University of Windsor
Dave Cormier
Learning Specialist, Digital Learning Strategy & Special Projects
Office of Open Learning
University of Windsor
Autumm Caines
Instructional Designer
University of Michigan – Dearborn
Names Added 5 September 2020:
Anne-Marie Scott
Deputy Provost
Athabasca University
Lucia Lorenzi
UBC Alumna
Arley Cruthers
Instructor – Applied Communications
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Kira Tomsons
Faculty, Philosophy and Humanities
Douglas College
Dr IE Marais,
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,
University of South Africa
Phillip Dawson
Associate Professor
Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE)
Deakin University,
Melbourne, Australia
Corey Sparks
Assistant Professor
Department of English
California State University, Chico
Colin Madland
Manager, Online Learning, TWU
PhD student in Educational Technology, UVic
Mia Zamora
Associate Professor,
Director of MA in English, Writing Studies
Kean University
Aidan Mundle
Student,
University of British Columbia.
Alan Levine
Independent Education Technology Consultant
Irwin DeVries
Kate Bowles
Associate Dean International and former Head of Education Design
University of Wollongong,
Australia
Jon Fulton
Maha Bali
Mira Vogel,
Senior Teaching Fellow,
King’s College London
Joanna Stroud
Head of Online Learning
University College London
Pat Lockley
Phil Barker,
Independent Learning Technology Consultant.
Chris Miciek
Director, Career Development Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Lee Skallerup Bessette
Learning Design Specialist
Georgetown University
Luke Waltzer
Director, Teaching and Learning Center
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Charles Logan
PhD Student in Learning Sciences
Northwestern University
Dorothea Salo
Distinguished Faculty Associate
Information School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rob Proulx, PhD
Lecturer
University of Minnesota Crookston
Chad Flinn
Instructor
BCIT
Peggy French
Open Education Librarian | Curriculum Designer
Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology
Hamilton ON
Terry Greene
ELearning Designer
Trent University Online
Margy MacMillan
Professor Emerita
Mount Royal University
Matt Crosslin, PhD
Instructional Designer
Part-Time Faculty, UTRGV
Tracy Stuntz, EdD
Instructional designer
Clovis Community College
Apostolos Koutropoulos
Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD
Associate Professor and Educational Leader in Residence, Academic Integrity
University of Calgary
Leo Havemann
Digital Education Advisor
University College London
Josh Seeland
Academic Integrity & Copyright Officer
ACC
Brandon, Canada
Parm Gill,
Learning Designer
Tim Fawns
Xinli Wang, Ph.D
Instructor
University of Manitoba
Mahrya Burnett
Scholarly Communications Librarian
University of Iowa
Mel Guille
Courseware Technical Writer
Onlea Corporation
Jim Groom
Giulia Forsythe
Shea Swauger
Researcher Support Department Head
University of Colorado Denver
Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
Timothy McGee
Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion
Illinois College
Logan Murray, Ed.D
Analyst
California Community Colleges
Paul Hibbitts
Designer and Educator
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Adam Beauchamp
Assistant University Librarian
Florida State University
Mary Burgess
Executive Director
BCcampus
Erin Beattie
Manager, Marketing and Communications
BCcampus
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education
BCcampus
Denise Goudy
Director, Collaborative Projects
BCcampus
Victoria, BC
Canada
Amanda Coolidge
Director, Open Education
BCcampus
David Carter
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Michelle Harrison
Senior Instructional Designer, Open Learning
Thompson Rivers University,
Kamloops, BC
Stephen Doubt
Instructional Designer
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC
Ken Monroe
Instructional Designer
TRU – Open Learning
Karolina Karas
Strategist, Marketing and Communications
BCcampus
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
Catherine Cronin
Cristina Colquhoun
Instructional Designer
Oklahoma State University
Jördis Weilandt
Instructor and Teaching Development Facilitator
University of Lethbridge/ AB
Erin Reid
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Education, McGill University
Rajiv Jhangiani
Acting Vice Provost, Teaching & Learning
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Caley Ehnes, PhD
Instructor
College of the Rockies
Cranbrook, BC
Tannis Morgan
Advisor, BCcampus
Jon Beasley-Murray
Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Leeann Waddington
Manager, Learning Technology and Educational Media
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Lisa Gedak
Teaching and Learning with Technologies Strategist
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
George Veletsianos, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology
Royal Roads University
Victoria, BC
Robin Leung
Educational Media Strategist
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Shawna M. Brandle
Associate Professor, Kingsborough Community College
Brenda M. Stoesz, PhD
Faculty Specialist (Academic Integrity Initiative)
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Theresa Southam, Chair
Teaching and Learning Institute
Selkirk College
Karen Meijer-Kline
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Troy Welch
David Golumbia
Assoc Prof, Digital Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Shawn Graham,
Full Professor, Digital Humanities
Dept of History
Carleton University
Jason Toal
Interaction Designer,
Centre for Educational Excellence
SFU
Mandy Henk
CEO, Tohatoha Aotearoa Commons
Donna Lanclos, PhD
Consulting Anthropologist
Erika Smith, PhD
Associate Professor & Faculty Development Consultant
Mount Royal University
Paul Sopcak, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Student Conduct, Community Standards and Values
Instructor, Humanities Department
MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada
Ross McKerlich
Open Education Advisor
BCcampus
Dr. Robin DeRosa, Director
Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative
Plymouth State University
Terence Linkletter,
Emeritus Senior Lecturer in IT,
Central Washington University
Duane Seibel
Tim Clarke,
Instructional Designer,
Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania
Maureen Glynn
Senior eLearning Designer
Trent Online, Trent University
Paul-Olivier Dehaye
Greg Rodrigo
Faculty Developer
Georgian College
Liz Morrish
Tracy Roberts
Director, Learning & Teaching
BCcampus
Ika Willis
Associate Dean, Education
Faculty of the Arts, Social Science and Humanities
University of Wollongong, Australia
Brandon Carson
Learning Technologist Specialist and Part-time Professor
Durham College
Carolyn Ives
Laura MacKay
Director, Centre of Teaching Excellence
Capilano University
Brian Lamb
Director, Learning Technology & Innovation
Thompson Rivers University
Helen Lee
Acting Program Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Innovation
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Julia Burnham
Senator and MA Student in Educational Studies
UBC Vancouver
Dr Doug Reid
Stephanie Tate
Learning Strategist, Academic Integrity
MEd Student
Thompson Rivers University
Helen Beetham
Researcher, University of Wolverhampton UK
Mary Hanlon
Conor Galvin
Prof Martin Weller
UK Open University
Joyce Kim, Master of Educational Technology,
Learning Designer & Curriculum Leader.
Dr. Jen Ross,
Co-director for Centre for Research in Digital Education,
University of Edinburgh.
Robert Gray
Contract Lecturer, Retired
Carleton University / University of New Brunswick
Joanne Kehoe
Lead Educational Developer
McMaster University
Christine Dewar
Performing and Fine Arts
Douglas College
Wendy Hulko,
Associate Professor,
Social Work & Human Service,
Thompson Rivers University
Gabriel Delaney
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
UBCO ALMUNI
Steven Weidner
Senior Instructional Technologist
New York Chiropractic College
Tobias Steiner
Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM)
Centre for Postdigital Cultures
Coventry University
Jennifer Hardwick
Department of English
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Elli England
Faculty, English Department
Fullerton College
Sharon Flynn
Enhancing Digital Teaching & Learning
Irish Universities Association
Dennis Yip
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Sun-ha Hong
Assistant Professor
School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
William Chen
Student at the University of British Columbia (Political Science)
Duncan McHugh
Digital & Instructional Media Producer
UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Julia M Wright,
George Munro Chair in English Literature & Rhetoric,
Dalhousie University
Jason Haslam
Billy Meinke-Lau
Stoo Sepp, PhD
Independent Educational Technology researcher and former UBC Staff
David N. Wright
Maha Al-Freih
Assistant Professor of Instructional Design & Technology
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh
FT Chemistry Faculty
CNM Community College
Helen DeWaard,
Instructor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, and
Learning Designer, University of British Columbia
Ann Gangé
Robynne Devine
Names Added 7 September 2020:
Doug Holton
Director of Teaching and Learning
Florida Polytechnic University
Gerol C. Petruzella, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Academic Technology
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Kieran Mathieson
Associate Professor
Oakland University
Kieran Forde
PhD student
University of British Columbia
Miles Schaffrick
Student, Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
James Binks
Alumni, University of British Columbia
Ranil Prasad
UBC B.A Student (Political Science)
Bryce Wilson
Student,
University of British Columbia
Dominique St-Arnaud
Student, University of British Columbia
Rik Blok, PhD
Sessional Lecturer
Computer Science, UBC
Suhani Jayatilake
UBC Alumna
Benjamin Cheung
Lecturer, Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
Zara Zaman
Student of University of Toronto
Manal Nadeem
Student,
University of Toronto
Alisar Abdel Rahman,
Student – University of Toronto Mississauga
Nada Al-Towaity
computer science, mathematics, and stats
University of Toronto Mississauga
Kota Chang
Student,
University of British Columbia
Dvir Hilu
Student
University of British Columbia
Isak Boyd
Student
University of British Columbia
Isha Mehta.
Student, University of British Columbia
Natasha Hannon
Melissa Jakubec
Principal Instructional Designer
Thompson Rivers University
Anshul Kulkarni
Student
Faculty of Arts
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Brent McIntosh
Faculty emeritus
North Island College
Terri Bateman
Distributed Learning Facilitator
North Island College
Robyn Starkey
Doctoral Exams Coordinator
University of British Columbia
Dr. Marni Westerman
Sociology
Douglas College,
New Westminster, BC, Canada
Daphne Palmeter
Student
University of British Columbia
Vivian Forssman
Ernesto Peña
Adjunct Professor
Master of Educational Technology
UBC
Dua Naqvi
Student
University of British Columbia
Aneesh Bulusu
Student
University of British Columbia
Junsong Zhang
Instructional Design
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Don Gorges
Toronto Ontario
Kane Murdoch,
Senior Adviser, Student Integrity,
UNSW Sydney
Names Added 15 October 2020
Alexandra Gil
Student
University of British Columbia
Kara Deane
BSc Student
University of British Columbia
Francesca Helm
Researcher, University of Padova,
Italy
Michael Marker
Gerald Tembrevilla, PhD
Research Specialist
Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology &
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus
Grant Marshall
Former EST Coop
TRU OL
Stephen Petrina, Professor
University of British Columbia
LeAnne Petherick
Trent Gill
Academic Advisor
Brandon University
Florence Daddey
Business Management Instructor
Douglas College
New Westminster
Mari Pighini
Tiger Oakes, Student
University of British Columbia
Barish Golland
Training Lead, IRP
University of British Columbia
Cavan Slade
Student,
University of British Columbia
Leah Macfadyen
Associate Director, Master of Educational Technology Program
Faculty of Education
The University of British Columbia
Melanie Meyers,
Project Manager, Open Education
BCcampus
Iris Berger (EdD)
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Department of Language and Literacy,
Coordinator ECE Programs,
Faculty of Education,
University of British Columbia
Taylor K. Long
Senior Communications Specialist
Dartmouth College
Georgia Yee
Vice President of Academic and University Affairs
Alma Mater Society of University of British Columbia
BSc Biology
Ronald Mo
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of British Columbia
Samuel Trosow
Associate Professor
University of Western Ontario
Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information & Media Studies
Benjamin Gleason
Assistant Professor of Education
Iowa State University
Katie-Marie McNeill
PhD Candidate and Instructor
Queen’s University
Ali Versluis
Assistant Librarian, Research & Scholarship
McLaughlin Library
University of Guelph
Ken Bauer
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Tecnológico de Monterrey in Guadalajara
Peter Binkley
Digital Scholarship Technologies Librarian
University of Alberta
Thomas Rhode
Freshman at Middle College High School, CA
Scott Goble
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
University of British Columbia
This lawsuit is chilling. Definitely add my name to future versions of the letter.
Arley Cruthers
Instructor – Applied Communications
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Please add me to the signatories! This is so important.
Kira Tomsons
Faculty, Philosophy and Humanities
Douglas College
Please add me as a signatory Dr IE Marais,
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,
University of South Africa
Remote proctoring is sold to us on the logic that scrutiny is good. This lawsuit increases the asymmetry in that scrutiny: we can monitor you, but you can’t monitor us.
Please add my name:
Phillip Dawson
Associate Professor
Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE)
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Please add my name:
Corey Sparks
Assistant Professor
Department of English
California State University, Chico
This lawsuit is truly chilling. Please add my name in support of Ian and his critical voice.
Colin Madland
Manager, Online Learning, TWU
PhD student in Educational Technology, UVic
Please add my name in support of Ian Linkletter in light of this outrageous lawsuit.
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Mia Zamora
Associate Professor, Director of MA in English, Writing Studies
Kean University
Please add my name:
Aidan Mundle
Student, University of British Columbia.
I gladly join this group in standing up for and with Ian Linkletter.
Alan Levine
Independent Education Technology Consultant
I fully support Ian’s work in bringing to light Important concerns about surveillance technology.
Co-sign, with feeling. The scope of the learning technologist includes investigating software design assumptions, monitoring implementation practices, and advocating for the interests of students and educators in raising issues that are of concern. Ian is doing his job.
Kate Bowles
Associate Dean International and former Head of Education Design
University of Wollongong, Australia
I definitely stand behind Ian
This is chilling. I would like to stand by Ian and support him every way I can. Is there a straightforward way for folks to indicate interest in signing?
Please add my name too – Mira Vogel, Senior Teaching Fellow, King’s College London
Happy to put my name to this too. Applying critical perspectives to the tools we use with our students is part of our responsibility to them.
Joanna Stroud
Head of Online Learning
University College London
Put me down
Pat Lockley
I fully support Ian and this letter. Thank you all for your work.
Phil Barker, Independent Learning Technology Consultant.
Sets a horrible precedent and environment for students’ future work and their comfort with employer surveillance, too.
Chris Miciek
Director, Career Development Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Please add my name.
Lee Skallerup Bessette
Learning Design Specialist
Georgetown University
This harassment is unacceptable. Ian Linkletter, you are not alone.
Luke Waltzer
Director, Teaching and Learning Center
The Graduate Center, CUNY
I’m grateful for Ian’s work. Thank you, Brenna, for putting together this letter.
Charles Logan
PhD Student in Learning Sciences
Northwestern University
Please add my name.
Dorothea Salo
Distinguished Faculty Associate
Information School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
I’d like to add my name in support of Ian:
Rob Proulx, PhD
Lecturer
University of Minnesota Crookston
This is scary. I stand in solidarity with Ian. Please add my name.
Chad Flinn
Instructor
BCIT
No words (well a few swear ones for Proctorio) – only admiration for Ian.
Peggy French
Open Education Librarian | Curriculum Designer
Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology
Hamilton ON
Add my name please
Terry Greene
ELearning Designer
Trent University Online
Please add my name to the list n support of Ian’s vital work
Margy MacMillan
Professor Emerita
Mount Royal University
You can add my name as well:
Matt Crosslin, PhD
Instructional Designer
Part-Time Faculty, UTRGV
Thankful to add my name in support.
Tracy Stuntz, EdD
Instructional designer
Clovis Community College
Whatever your stance may be on proctoring (remote or otherwise), this is not a way to have a mature conversation and debate about it (I am looking at you, Proctor.io). Shedding light on how something works is important for our professional practice. SLAPPing someone because they shine a light on how things work is tantamount to bullying and silencing people with legitimate questions and concerns. I support Ian Linkletter.
Please add my name:
Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD
Associate Professor and Educational Leader in Residence, Academic Integrity
University of Calgary
I would like to add my signature and my disappointment. Any company seeking to provide services to educational institutions and our students should not forget these are not simply ‘customers’ in some kind of generic sense – in searching for vendors we must seek those which can assure us that they would only act ethically and responsibly on our behalf. The idea that any vendor would take legal action against an individual education worker rather than respond transparently to criticism beggars belief, and should give pause to any institutions who have already engaged in a relationship with them.
Leo Havemann
Digital Education Advisor
University College London
Josh Seeland
Academic Integrity & Copyright Officer
ACC
Brandon, Canada
Please add my name to show support for Ian Linkletter and his important work.
Parm Gill, Learning Designer
Thank you for this letter. I agree, we need to protect those who protect students – please add my name.
Xinli Wang, Ph.D
Instructor
University of Manitoba
I agree with everything here. Consider this my signature in support:
Mahrya Burnett
Scholarly Communications Librarian
University of Iowa
Everyone who works in edtech should be paying attention to these issues — we have responsibily to serve not just clients and instituions, but also their learners. Please add my name to this letter.
Mel Guille
Courseware Technical Writer
Onlea Corporation
Please add my name for support, and would be very interested in contributing towards and canvassing for legal aide if Proctorio is foolish enough to go through with this insanity.
Co-signed
Shea Swauger
Researcher Support Department Head
University of Colorado Denver
Very Pissed Off
Thanks for this effort. It’s an outrageous attempt to quell critical analysis, which should be the foremost task of everyone in education.
Yes.
Timothy McGee
Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion
Illinois College
Add me
Logan Murray, Ed.D
Analyst
California Community Colleges
Please add my signature and support of Ian:
Paul Hibbitts
Designer and Educator
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Co-signed:
Adam Beauchamp
Assistant University Librarian
Florida State University
Adding my name to this list in support.
Mary Burgess
Executive Director
BCcampus
In full and complete support of Ian.
Erin Beattie
Manager, Marketing and Communications
BCcampus
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
Please add my name in support of Ian Linkletter.
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education
BCcampus
Please add my name to the list of people who in full support of Ian.
Denise Goudy
Director, Collaborative Projects
BCcampus
Victoria, BC
Canada
In full support.
Amanda Coolidge
Director, Open Education
BCcampus
Please add my name in support of Ian.
David Carter
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Please add my name and support for Ian and his very important and critical voice supporting students.
Michelle Harrison
Senior Instructional Designer, Open Learning
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Ian Linkletter is one the kindest most ethically balanced peoples I have ever met. Please add my name.
Stephen Doubt
Instructional Designer
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC
In solidarity with Ian. Happy to contribute to the defense fund if necessary. We stand together!
Ken Monroe
Instructional Designer
TRU – Open Learning
In solidarity with Ian. Happy to contribute to the defense fund if necessary. We stand together!
Ken Monroe
Instructional Designer
Thompson Rivers University – Open Learning
In full and complete support of Ian.
Karolina Karas
Strategist, Marketing and Communications
BCcampus
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
This is chilling. Please add my name.
Making informed choices about edtech includes engaging in critical scholarship that explores the values embedded in educational technologies and the practices and pedagogies that such technologies enable and encourage. This is *part of our work* as digital education professionals in higher education. Please add my name in support of Ian.
Many thanks for setting this up, Brenna.
Cristina Colquhoun
Instructional Designer
Oklahoma State University
I support Ian Linkletter.
Jördis Weilandt
Instructor and Teaching Development Facilitator
University of Lethbridge/ AB
Please add my name in solidarity.
Erin Reid
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Education, McGill University
This vexatious suit looks like nothing short of a tactic of intimidation. It is increasingly apparent that this company (which earlier posted student chat logs on Reddit before apologizing) does not understand how privacy works (e.g., the difference between an unlisted and a private video on YouTube) and are certainly not open to any critical discussion of their technology. Given that the videos in question could have been easily shared by any of the universities currently using this software (and their employees), targeting Ian here comes across as pure retribution for his public critiques. This is unethical, reprehensible behaviour.
Rajiv Jhangiani
Acting Vice Provost, Teaching & Learning
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
I have learned so much from the both of you about ethical online teaching. Please add my name in support :
Caley Ehnes, PhD
Instructor
College of the Rockies
Cranbrook, BC
Please add my name in support of Ian, and let’s continue to be the critical check and balance that is so needed in the Ed tech space.
Tannis Morgan
Advisor, BCcampus
Please add my name.
Jon Beasley-Murray
Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
In full support
Leeann Waddington
Manager, Learning Technology and Educational Media
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Please add my name in support of Ian Linkletter.
In solidarity,
Lisa Gedak
Teaching and Learning with Technologies Strategist
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
Please add my name and support as well:
George Veletsianos, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology
Royal Roads University
Victoria, BC
IN solidarity with Ian.
Robin Leung
Educational Media Strategist
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Please add my name, and thanks for coordinating this.
Shawna M. Brandle
Associate Professor, Kingsborough Community College
Please add my name:
Brenda M. Stoesz, PhD
Faculty Specialist (Academic Integrity Initiative)
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
I fully support Ian.
Theresa Southam, Chair
Teaching and Learning Institute
Selkirk College
Please add my name in support as well.
Karen Meijer-Kline
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Please add my name to the support letter. Ian’s commitment and bravery is inspiring.
please add my name:
David Golumbia
Assoc Prof, Digital Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Please add my name.
Shawn Graham,
Full Professor, Digital Humanities
Dept of History
Carleton University
Please add my name
Jason Toal
Interaction Designer,
Centre for Educational Excellence
SFU
Please add my name
Mandy Henk
CEO, Tohatoha Aotearoa Commons
Yes, please add my name in support
Donna Lanclos, PhD
Consulting Anthropologist
Thank you for this, Brenna and all. Please add my name:
Erika Smith, PhD
Associate Professor & Faculty Development Consultant
Mount Royal University
Please add my name in support:
Paul Sopcak, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Student Conduct, Community
Standards and Values &
Instructor, Humanities Department
MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada
I support Ian. Please add my name.
Ross McKerlich
Open Education Advisor
BCcampus
Please add me.
In full support.
Dr. Robin DeRosa, Director
Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative
Plymouth State University
Please add my name in support of Ian Linkletter. I have known Ian his entire life, and admired both his wisdom in the nuances of right and wrong and his persistence in supporting others who may have been wronged. I have also worked for software vendors as a quality assurance manager. One of the most important sources of information on how to improve a given product was the user community, whose insights I cherished. Exactly the kind of improvement feedback Ian has now been providing is worth its weight in dollar bills, and I am surprised that in this case the vendor prefers not to have accepted the feedback.
In full support and with gratitude acknowledge Ian’s ongoing efforts to speak out and support our learners.
I support Ian’s efforts and value his professionalism and critical expertise.
Tim Clarke, Instructional Designer, Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania
Please add my name in support of Ian.
Maureen Glynn
Senior eLearning Designer
Trent Online, Trent University
The functionalities of such tools should be transparent to students and teachers, so they can make informed choices. Please add my name in support.
In full support of Ian…
Greg Rodrigo
Faculty Developer
Georgian College
I would like to sign in favout of Ian Linkletter.
Anshul Kulkarni
Student
Faculty of Arts
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Please add my name to the petition in support of Ian Linkketter.
Signing in support of Ian and his work…
Tracy Roberts
Director, Learning & Teaching
BCcampus
Ika Willis
Associate Dean, Education
Faculty of the Arts, Social Science and Humanities
University of Wollongong, Australia
Please add my name in support of Ian Linkletter.
Brandon Carson
Learning Technologist Specialist and Part-time Professor
Durham College
I support Ian. Please add my name.
In support of Ian and all those involved in post-secondary to have critical discussions about the tools and companies that impact student learning and student privacy.
Laura MacKay
Director, Centre of Teaching Excellence
Capilano University
Brian Lamb
Director, Learning Technology & Innovation
Thompson Rivers University
Please add my name:
Helen Lee
Acting Program Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Innovation
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Please add my name:
Julia Burnham
Senator and MA Student in Educational Studies
UBC Vancouver
Please add my name as well.
Please add my name in support of Ian.
Stephanie Tate
Learning Strategist, Academic Integrity
MEd Student
Thompson Rivers University
Please add my signature to support Ian and everyone who makes valid criticisms of tech companies and their products. Respect to those UBC students who are supporting Ian, to the extent of paying to get the court filing against him and making it public.
Helen Beetham
Researcher, University of Wolverhampton UK
Please add my name for support!!
Fully support this.
Please add my name in support of Ian, and against companies that are antithetical to the values of higher education such as Proctorio.
Prof Martin Weller
UK Open University
Bravo to Ian for his dedication to student privacy and ethical use of learning technology. Please add my name in solidarity.
Joyce Kim, Master of Educational Technology, Learning Designer & Curriculum Leader.
Please add my name – Dr. Jen Ross, co-director for Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh.
Please add my name
Robert Gray
Contract Lecturer, Retired
Carleton University / University of New Brunswick
Thank you for this. Please add my name in full support of Ian.
Joanne Kehoe
Lead Educational Developer
McMaster University
Please add my name:
Christine Dewar
Performing and Fine Arts
Douglas College
Thank you for making us aware of this Brenna and writing in support of Linkletter’s work on surveillance technologies and applying an ethic of care to students.
Take down Proctorio.
Gabriel Delaney
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
UBCO ALMUNI
We considered remote proctoring when we went remote. We decided to focus on reinforcing professional and ethical practices instead. Guess what? We’ve seen no noticeable increase in cheating. Please add my name:
Steven Weidner
Senior Instructional Technologist
New York Chiropractic College
Thanks so much for this! Please add my name to the list, in full support of Ian’s work:
Tobias Steiner
Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM)
Centre for Postdigital Cultures
Coventry University
Please add me as well
Jennifer Hardwick
Department of English
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Please add my name in support:
Elli England
Faculty, English Department
Fullerton College
Add my name:
Sharon Flynn
Enhancing Digital Teaching & Learning
Irish Universities Association
In full support of the work Ian does.
Please add my name:
Dennis Yip
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Please add me, too – and thank you for this.
Sun-ha Hong
Assistant Professor
School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
Please add my name:
William Chen
Student at the University of British Columbia (Political Science)
Ian is a staunch advocate for students, and we here at UBC (and in the ed tech community) are lucky to have him. Please add my name in support.
Duncan McHugh
Digital & Instructional Media Producer
UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Please add me too—critique and transparency are essential to the academic mission. Thank you for writing this and organizing on our collective behalf.
Julia M Wright, George Munro Chair in English Literature & Rhetoric, Dalhousie University
I have worked closely with Ian at UBC. His priorities have always been the protection of student privacy while ensuring they have the best educational experience possible.
Add me to the list.
Stoo Sepp, PhD
Independent Educational Technology researcher and former UBC Staff
And this is just one example of a pattern of behavior by Proctorio that I find concerning.
Doug Holton
Director of Teaching and Learning
Florida Polytechnic University
In solidarity with Ian.
Gerol C. Petruzella, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Academic Technology
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Please add:
Kieran Mathieson
Associate Professor
Oakland University
Ian has my respect, admiration, and full support. Please add my name to the list:
Kieran Forde
PhD student
University of British Columbia
Please add my name in solidarity.
Miles Schaffrick
Student, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Please add my name for support.
James Binks
Alumni, University of British Columbia
Proctorio using a SLAPP lawsuit to silence Ian is deplorable. Happy to sign the letter.
Ranil Prasad
UBC B.A Student (Political Science)
Hi!
I would also like to sign.
Bryce Wilson
Student,
University of British Columbia
Please add:
Dominique St-Arnaud
Student, University of British Columbia
Please add my name.
Rik Blok, PhD
Sessional Lecturer
Computer Science, UBC
Please add my signature!
Suhani Jayatilake
UBC Alumna
Benjamin Cheung
Lecturer, Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
I would like to sign.
Student of University of Toronto
Manal Nadeem
Student,
University of Toronto
Hello, I would also like to add my name in support.
Alisar Abdel Rahman,
Student – University of Toronto Mississauga
Nada Al-Towaity
computer science, mathematics, and stats
University of Toronto Mississauga
Please add my name
Kota Chang
Student,
University of British Columbia
Happy to sign the letter!
Dvir Hilu
Student
University of British Columbia
Pease add my name to the list!
Isak Boyd
Student
University of British Columbia
Please add my name.
Isha Mehta.
Student, University of British Columbia.
Please add my name.
Please add me:
Melissa Jakubec
Principal Instructional Designer
Thompson Rivers University
Please add my name in support.
Brent McIntosh
Faculty emeritus
North Island College
I would like to be added to this list too please.
Terri Bateman
Distributed Learning Facilitator
North Island College
I sincerely value you these efforts and appreciate Ian as a colleague.
Robyn Starkey
Doctoral Exams Coordinator
University of British Columbia
Please add my name to this letter.
Dr. Marni Westerman
Sociology
Douglas College,
New Westminster, BC, Canada
Please add my name in support of Ian!
Daphne Palmeter
Student
University of British Columbia
Standing with and for Ian
Please add me as well:
Ernesto Peña
Adjunct Professor
Master of Educational Technology
UBC
Please add my name.
Dua Naqvi
Student
University of British Columbia
Please add my name.
Aneesh Bulusu
Student
University of British Columbia
Exactly why we need more open education resources and applications. This lawsuit is ridiculous.
Add my name pls
Junsong Zhang
Instructional Design
Justice Institute of British Columbia
I support lawful, ethical critique of surveillance technologies.
Don Gorges
Toronto Ontario
I’m aware of the irony, given the nature of my work, but telling students they must personally submit to the Panopticon goes against every good I’ve ever believed education stands for.
Please add my name:
Kane Murdoch,
Senior Adviser, Student Integrity,
UNSW Sydney.
You can add me as well
Alexandra Gil
Student
University of British Columbia
Please add my name:
Kara Deane
BSc Student
University of British Columbia
Thank you.
Please add my name
Francesca Helm
Researcher, University of Padova,
Italy
It is certainly no coincidence that one of the greatest allies for Indigenous faculty and students in ETS and in all realms of IT at UBC is Ian who is now being attacked by the same forces of technocratic colonization that threaten Indigenous people, lands, and the entirety of planetary survival. Ian Linkletter is my friend, my colleague for over a decade. He has helped me to think through difficult issues of Indigenous epistemologies and how best to support our students as we developed online courses and access for remote and impoverished Indigenous communities. As an Indigenous professor, I rely on culturally thoughtful and engaged allies like Ian to enact reconciliation at UBC. It is a disgusting outrage that he should be persecuted by corporate corruption, power, and mostly… greed! I stand in solidarity with all who support Ian.
In full support and solidarity with Ian. You can always count on us, Ian.
Please count me in for this cause.
Gerald Tembrevilla, PhD
Research Specialist
Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology &
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus
Hey Brenna,
You can add me
Grant Marshall
Former EST Coop
TRU OL
Bachelors of Computiy Science
Say hi to Brian!
Add me as well:
Stephen Petrina, Professor
University of British Columbia
I fully support Ian. I want to thank him for raising our awareness about the trauma imposed by such technologies and his concern for students and online learning. He is a valuable member of UBC. Please add my name.
Ian deserves credit and praise for his critical work in this space. His work is recognized and his resistance deserves support. Ian puts students first.
Trent Gill
Academic Advisor
Brandon University
Please add my name to the list. I fully support Ian’s work.
Business Management Instructor
Douglas College
New Westminster
I stand in full support with Ian Linkletter, an esteemed colleague and friend, and an individual of the highest ethical and professional integrity. The recipient of UBC’s 2020 Staff Excellence Award at the Faculty of Education, Ian is a role model for faculty and students alike. I trust that this ossue will be clarified favourably for Mr Linkletter very soon.
We need transparency and to protect everyone’s privacy now more than ever.
Tiger Oakes, Student
University of British Columbia
I’ve known Ian for many users with our work in Learning Technology Ecosystems and respect his passion and advocacy for technology enabled student learning. Definitely would vouch for him!
Barish Golland
Training Lead, IRP
University of British Columbia
This is vile. I am in complete support of Linkletter’s efforts. put my name on this list
Cavan Slade
Student,
University of British Columbia
And me.
Leah Macfadyen
Associate Director, Master of Educational Technology Program
Faculty of Education
The University of British Columbia
Please add me:
Melanie Meyers,
Project Manager, Open Education
BCcampus
(via Email) Iris Berger (EdD)
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Department of Language and Literacy,
Coordinator ECE Programs,
Faculty of Education,
University of British Columbia
Please add my name:
Taylor K. Long
Senior Communications Specialist
Dartmouth College
Please add my name:
Georgia Yee
Vice President of Academic and University Affairs
Alma Mater Society of University of British Columbia
BSc Biology
Please add me
Ronald Mo
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of British Columbia
I would like to add my support to your efforts. There is growing opposition to the use of a similar program, ProctorTrack on my campus. In my opinion these programs violate PIPEDA (Canadian Privacy law) and are toxic to a good learning environment. I urge faculty colleagues not to use these privacy-invasive tools, but too many contract-faculty are in very precarious positions and not well able to resist the pressures in certain departments and faculties.
Samuel Trosow, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information & Media Studies.
Please add my support for Ian.
Benjamin Gleason
Assistant Professor of Education
Iowa State University
Please add my name
Katie-Marie McNeill
PhD Candidate and Instructor
Queen’s University
Please add my name as well!
Ali Versluis
Assistant Librarian, Research & Scholarship
McLaughlin Library
University of Guelph
Thank you for this Brenna.
Please add my name to those supporting this.
Ken Bauer
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Tecnológico de Monterrey in Guadalajara
Please add my signature.
Peter Binkley
Digital Scholarship Technologies Librarian
University of Alberta
This is the start of the destruction of educational privacy in the world. please add my name
Thomas Rhode
Freshman at Middle College High School, CA
Critique and transparency are at the core of the academic enterprise, and Ian Linkletter’s raising of concerns about questionable uses of learning technology and students’ privacy merits the support of educators everywhere.
Scott Goble
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
University of British Columbia
I support Ian’s work, and wish to add my name
Ken Jeffery
Instructional Designer
Royal Roads University
Add my name:
Jillianne Code, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
Brenna, please add my name in full support of Ian. The ability to critique the educational technology is a fundamental requirement of the job of being an educational technologist. As ALT CEO Maren Deepwell notes, “A more reflective, more creative, more critical perspective will move us firmly beyond simple advocacy toward a more mature and impactful professional practice.” Ian’s work in this area has been an outstanding example of the type of critical perspective Deepwell advocates for. This lawsuit is a disturbing attempt to quash legitimate criticism. Thanks for doing this.
Clint Lalonde
Associate Faculty, School of Education & Technology, Royal Roads University
Manager, Education Technology, BCcampus
Learning Technology as a Professional Practice: Developing a Critical Perspective. (2019). Retrieved October 16, 2020, from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/10/learning-technology-as-a-professional-practice-developing-a-critical-perspective
Please add my name to this letter if you can. Thanks very much,
Shawna M. Brandle
Associate Professor of Political Science
Kingsborough Community College CUNY
Thank you Brenna! Please add my name as well.
Ashley Y. Jia
Undergraduate Student
University of British Columbia
Please add my name to this letter.
Jennifer Berdahl
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of British Columbia
Screw Proctorio.
No educational institution should procure products from a firm whose response to academic criticism is a lawsuit. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Dr Cory Doctorow
Visiting Professor of Practice, University of North Carolina School of Library and Information Science
Visiting Professor, Open University Department of Computer Science
Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab