Ensuring Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom
The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: What You Can Do About It
When it comes to academic cheating, students have come a long way from the days of writing on their palm or even taping cheat sheets to their water bottle. Technology makes it possible for students – especially those learning online – to cheat in a myriad of new ways. That’s “progress” of a very depressing sort.
In a recent survey, a stunning 95% of students admitted to cheating at some point in their academic career. In other words, basically everybody.
Distance learning only increases the opportunities to cheat. Confirming identities and restricting access to unauthorized resources are just two of the acute challenges distance educators face.
Learn the latest about how students cheat in the virtual classroom – and how you can prevent it.
The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: What You Can Do About It features Scott Howell, PhD, director of Brigham Young University, Salt Lake Center. In this 75-minute audio presentation, Dr. Howell outlines the scope of the cheating problem today, the reasons it should be of concern, and strategies you can employ to stem the tide. He explains the pervasiveness of cheating at all education levels, and give an overview of the high-tech and low-tech methods of cheating, including:
- Phone and MP3 cheating
- Braindumps
- Organized group cheating
- The use of Bluetooth technology
- Traditional methods, from cheat sheets to body writing
- Online “how to cheat” tutorials
- And more
In addition, Dr. Howell discusses key accreditation and Department of Education issues that make it urgent to address cheating now, and explain some of the interventions being employed successfully at institutions nationwide, including:
- The honor system
- Banning electronic devices
- Requiring ID
- Fingerprinting and scanning
- Commercial security systems
- Cheat-resistant laptops
- Randomized testing
- Statistical analysis
Learn how you can help maintain academic integrity in today’s online classroom.
Who shouldbuy this seminar?
Cheating is an issue that concerns everyone. We recommend the seminar for a broad campus audience, including:
- VPs
- Directors
- Academic chairs
- Faculty
- Instructors
- Testing center personnel
- Proctors
Learn how an old problem is impacting the new online classroom …and what you can do about it.
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Scott Howell, PhD is director of Brigham Young University, Salt Lake Center. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the BYU School of Education’s Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology.
Dr. Howell has received numerous awards for his research in distance and continuing education, including the 2007 Elizabeth Powell Award for “best academic article-length publication that made significant contributions to research in the field of distance education,” the University Continuing Education Association’s 2006 prestigious Research and Scholarship Award, and the 2006 Gayle B. Childs Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to the distance education field.