Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Friday, August 31, 2001

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000070113aug30.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology

CHIPS AND CHEATING - Teachers are looking out for tech-assisted academic dishonesty, even using software to detect plagiarism
By CHRISTINE FREY, christine.frey@latimes.com

As long as there have been students, there have been cheaters. In imperial China, academic dishonesty was so rampant that test administrators searched students for crib sheets, then separated them into isolated cubicles during civil service exams. The punishment for cheating: death. Repercussions today aren't so severe, but academic dishonesty persists--and new technology, from the Internet to personal digital assistants, makes cheating easier than ever. ...

 



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