CHEATING 101. A Refresher for the Digital Age

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1 CHEATING 101 A Refresher for the Digital Age

2 Plagiarism, Citing and Double dipping

3 WEB 2.0 Wiki UP!

4 Web 1.0 Web 2.0

5 The New WWW Whatever Whenever Wherever Tom March, Web-based educator, author, and instructional designer

6 Wikipedia A wiki is a type of website that allows users easily to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most available content. with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow

7 Digital Natives Digital Immigrants

8 Digital Natives Who are the digital natives and what is their learning profile?

9 Who are the digital natives? Our students today are all native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games, instantaneous communication, and the Internet. Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology are Digital Immigrants. Marc Prensky

10 The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of Digital Natives They prefer random access (like hypertext). They function best when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards. They prefer games to serious work. Marc Prensky

11 The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of Digital Natives Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast. They like to parallel process and multitask. They prefer their graphics before their text rather than the opposite. Marc Prensky

12 Have your students set up a study group in Facebook?

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14 Online Disinhibition Effect

15 Online Disinhibition Effect You don t know me (Dissociative Anomity) You can t see me (Invisibility) See you later (Asynchronicity). It s just a game. (Dissociative Imigation) We re equals (Minimizing Authority) Robert Suler

16 Digital Immigrants

17 Digital Immigrant In high school they used a typewriter Can t program the remote on the VCR Likes to read books rather than read material on the screen 1980 is considered the demarcation line

18 The Challenge Marc Prensky

19 Methodology Today s teachers have to learn to communicate in the language and style of their students. This doesn t mean changing the meaning of what is important, or of good thinking skills. Jennifer Carrier Dorman

20 Pedagogy Today s learners (digital natives) are fluent users (of software) but not fluent critical thinkers. Sherry Turkle Director of MIT Initiative on Technology and Self

21 Loophole Generation

22 The Loophole Generation Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti Innovate: Journal of Online Education is a publication of the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University.

23 Loophole Generation group of students whose approach to coursework is influenced by ease of online communication, hovering parents, a limited sense of intellectual curiosity and a lack of experience solving problems imaginatively. Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

24 Contributing Factors Helicopter Parents Mr. Rogers Standardized tests Ease in borrowing material Work late in the night or early in the morning Online sense of empowerment Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

25 Loopholers Excuse Maker Bully Cheater Plagiarizer Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

26 Excuse Maker The Internet ate my homework. The system was down My computer crashed Family or Personal crisis Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

27 Cheater Help with a test Purchase a paper Free rider in groups Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

28 Bully May stem from proficiency Disrupt work of others Negative comments personal insults Flippant remarks Try to take over discussions or class Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

29 Plagiarizer SparkNotes May have done in thru high school Web material Double dipping Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

30 Classroom Lawyers Spend more time on the loophole than on the assignment Focus away from student performance to a negotiation among multiple parties about grades Gaming the system

31 Loopholes (Opening for appeals, demands and grievances) Vague terms Point system glitches Setting precedent Contradictory information Not clarifying Not responding Treating students differently

32 Eliminating Loopholes Syllabus Craft policies and wording Design courses that reward independent thought Computer requirement Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

33 Eliminating Loopholes Unambiguous language Assessments to career goals Randomized questions/answers Time on Test Turn-it In.com All Carrot No Stick????? Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti

34 Cheating Best Practices

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36 I-POD

37 YouTube

38 Plagiarism, Citing and Double dipping

39 What To Do?