2005 TXDLA Online Assessment ...Taming the Virtual Wild West Presentation)

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Online Assessmenttaming the Virtual Wild West


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Do your students cheat?Yup.


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Can you stop it?Nope.

But you can do things to make it moredifficult for them.


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How bad is it?

100%

75%25%

Less than 25%


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Cheating Trends

Cheating increases with the age of thestudent at least through age 25

-Cizek, 1999

People who feel more "distant" cheatmore

-George and Carlson, 1999; Burgoon et al, 2003


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Why Cheat?

Competition and pressures for good grades

Instructional situations that are perceived as unfair orexcessively demanding

Faculty who are perceived as uncaring or indifferent to

their own teaching or to their students' learning Lax attitudes on the part of faculty toward academic

dishonesty

Peer pressure to support a friend

A diminishing sense of academic integrity and ethicalvalues among students.

-Davis B.G., 1993


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3 Tiers of Defense

Deterrence

Detection

Discipline
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Deterrence

Define scholastic dishonesty upfront

Institutional Honor Code

Agreement not to cheat Proctored Exams

Be aware of what students have access to

Neat WebCT Tricks


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Scholastic Dishonesty Defined

Scholastic dishonesty includes but is notlimited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion,the submission for credit of any work or

materials that are attributable in whole orin part to another person, taking anexamination for another person, any actdesigned to give unfair advantage to a

student or attempt to commit such acts.-Regents Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3,Subsection 3.2, subdivision 3.22


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Institutional Honor Code

Center for Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org/index.asphttp://www.academicintegrity.org/index.asphttp://www.academicintegrity.org/index.asp


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Agreement Not to Cheat

UT Permian Basin


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Proctored Exams

Proctored Exam Information Page

Proctored Exam Request Form

Secure Exam Delivery System
http://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/gmba_proc_exam_info.htmhttp://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/ExamForm.pdfhttp://conferencevideo/proctoreddatabase.rmhttp://conferencevideo/proctoreddatabase.rmhttp://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/ExamForm.pdfhttp://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/gmba_proc_exam_info.htm


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Be Aware Of Whats Out There

List of 225 Paper-mills from CostalCarolina University:

http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills2.html
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WebCT Tricks

Test Banks

Randomizing Questions

Randomizing Answers

Making the Test Unprintable One Question at a Time

Time Limits

Availability Password

Controlled Release of Test Information


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WebCT Tricks

Setting up a test

Student view
http://conferencevideo/test.rmhttp://conferencevideo/studentview.rmhttp://conferencevideo/studentview.rmhttp://conferencevideo/test.rm


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Detection

High-TechPlagiarism identifying programs

-turnitin.com

-Google

Statistical tests?-Scrutiny!

-Dr. Wesolowskis Software

Compare answer patterns in WebCTHow long did the student take to complete the

test?
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Detection

Low-Tech

-Writing Sample

-Oral quiz on material


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Discipline

Be Consistent

Follow established procedures onreporting the incident

BE CAREFUL!
http://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/discipline.htmlhttp://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/discipline.htmlhttp://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/discipline.htmlhttp://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/discipline.html


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Scenarios


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What Can You Do?

Problem: You suspect someone other thanthe student might take the test.


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What Can You Do?

Problem: You suspect someone has a copyof the test.


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What Can You Do?

Problem: The student has taken the test,but for some unbeknownst reason, youdid not receive it hmmm.


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Summary

Cheating is widespread

Combat Cheating with Deterrence,Detection, and Discipline

Be vigilant!


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References

Burgoon, J., Stoner, G., Bonito, J., & Dunbar, N. (2003). Trust anddeception in mediated communication. Proc. 36th Hawaii Intl. Conf.on System Sciences, Honolulu, HI, 44-54.

Cizek, G. J. (1999). Cheating on tests: how to do it, detect it, andprevent it. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Davis, B.G, (1993). Tools for TeachingJossey-Bass Publishers: SanFrancisco

Dick, M., Sheard, J., Bareiss, C., Carter, J., Joyce, D., Harding, T., &Laxer, C. (2003). Addressing student cheating: definitions andsolutions. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 35(2), 172-184

George, J., & Carlson, J. (1999, January). Group support systemsand deceptive communication. 32nd Hawaii Intl. Conf. on SystemsSciences, 1038.

McCabe, D.L. (1999). Center For Academic Integrity Study.Retrieved February 2, 2005 fromhttp://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp
http://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asphttp://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asphttp://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp


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