ERIC Number: EJ1004890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jan
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-1547-500X
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Supporting Academic Honesty in Online Courses
McGee, Patricia
Journal of Educators Online, v10 n1 Jan 2013
Ensuring academic honesty is a challenge for traditional classrooms, but more so for online course where technology use is axiomatic to learning and instruction. With the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requirement that online course providers reduce opportunities to cheat and verify student identity, all involved with course delivery must be informed about and involved in issues related to academic dishonesty. This article examines why students cheat and plagiarize, types of dishonesty in online courses, strategies to minimize violations and institutional strategies that have proven to be successful. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Cheating, Online Courses, Ethics, Integrity, Delivery Systems, Plagiarism, Change Strategies, Institutional Characteristics, Attribution Theory, Student Characteristics, Technology Uses in Education, Discipline Problems
Journal of Educators Online. 500 University Drive, Dothan, AL 36303. Web site: http://www.thejeo.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Higher Education Opportunity Act 1970
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