[VPAAEtal] Special Online Webinar - The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: What You Can Do About It

[Academic Affairs]

The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: 

What You Can Do About It

 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

1:00-2:30 CT

 

Online Audio Webinar (One Connection Site)

Location: AGIT 221

 

Learn how an old problem is impacting the new online classroom and what you can do about it. Scott Howell, Ph.D. from Brigham Young University's  Division of Continuing Education, will cover the ways students are cheating online:

 

Topics to be covered include:

¨ Phone and MP3 cheating

¨ Braindumps

¨ Organized group cheating

¨ Use of Bluetooth technology

¨ Traditional methods, from body writing to cheat sheets

¨ Online "how to cheat" tutorials

¨ And more...

 

You will also hear about the preventive strategies you can use to help detect and/or prevent cheating, including:

¨ The honor system

¨ Banning electronic devices

¨ Requiring identification

¨ Fingerprinting and scanning

¨ Commercial security systems

¨ Cheat-resistant laptops

¨ Randomized testing

¨ Statistical analysis

 

A question-and-answer session concludes this 75-minute audio presentation so that you may 'ask the expert,' and get help with unique challenges you may face. You'll also hear the concerns and experiences of other attendees from colleges and universities nationwide.

 

Click on Register online <http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/facultyStaffServices/instructionalTechnologyAndDistanceEducation/instructionalDesign/facultyTrainingSessions/default.aspx>  to register for this session so that we may make adequate

preparations for all participants who wish to attend.

 

	
			
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