by Kimberley O’Bryan, the Arbiter
Online classes are a miracle for students juggling family obligations, hectic class schedules and part-time jobs. But taking instructor presence out of the equation has opened up something else — opportunities for students to cheat. According to a 2009 study in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 32.7 percent of the students surveyed admitted to cheating in online classes, usually on a test or a quiz. Less than three percent were caught. So how do instructors catch online cheaters? The best way is to know their students. If a student struggles with essays all semester long, then her online paper is a hit, that’s a give-away.
http://arbiteronline.com/2011/02/03/faculty-use-technology-keen-eyes-to-prevent-online-cheating/
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