ERIC Number: EJ864298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1556-3847
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The New (and Old) News about Cheating for Distance Educators
Howell, Scott L.; Sorensen, Don; Tippets, Holly Rose
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, v12 n3 Fall 2009
Those in distance education are faced with a formidable challenge to ensure the identity of test takers and integrity of exam results, especially since students are physically removed from the classroom and distributed across the globe. This news digest will provide distance educators not only with a better understanding and awareness of issues surrounding cheating but also suggest solutions that might be adopted to help mitigate cheating in their programs. While technologies, including "braindump" Web sites and cell phones, are associated with the more common cheating behaviors today, the problem of cheating will always beleaguer distance educators; it is their responsibility to stay current on latest developments in the field of academic dishonesty, employ fitting interventions to mitigate cheating, and do everything possible to preserve the integrity of distance education.
Descriptors: Cheating, Distance Education, Ethics, Plagiarism, Computer Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Web Sites, Intervention, Mass Media, Incidence, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Business, Tests
State University of West Georgia. 1601 Maple Street, Honors House, Carrollton, GA 30118. Tel: 678-839-5489; Fax: 678-839-0636; e-mail: distance@westga.edu; Web site: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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