Educational Technology

June 16, 2015

High School Seniors Easily Cheat in Flawed Online Education Program

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BY MOLLY BLOOM, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Proponents of combining online and in-person teaching say it works for students who don’t learn by sitting through lectures, but critics say seniors at Atlanta’s Crim High School Googled their way to diplomas. Some seniors at Atlanta’s Crim High School Googled their way to diplomas this spring, looking up the answers to test questions on the internet while enrolled in a flawed online education pilot program, teachers told the Atlanta school board. Students in the pilot took classes in school computer labs supervised by teachers. The teachers were also available to help them with lessons, district accountability chief Bill Caritj said. Some of the seniors were catching up before graduation; others were taking courses for the first time, he said. But some teachers and parents said students cheated their way through the coursework in order to earn credit.

http://www.govtech.com/education/High-School-Seniors-Easily-Cheat-in-Flawed-Online-Education-Program.html

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