Cheating is a big problem for universities everywhere but the problem has grown with greater use of distance and online learning. Here is a look at how Australian universities are trying to reduce cheating as outlined in an article from The Age.
Universities are exploring new ways to tackle cheating and prepare students for workplace demands in a post-coronavirus world, with a particular focus on how exams and other assessments are conducted.
Associate Professor Ellis and a team of researchers recently found that close to 6 per cent of more than 14,000 university students surveyed admitted to cheating. Of those, more than half said they had provided help with exams and 41 per cent said they received help. About 8 per cent admitted to taking an exam for someone else and 4.2 per cent admitted someone else had done their exam.
Some universities have started using expensive new software that monitors individual students through cameras and keyboards to keep an eye on students sitting exams. Different versions included directly watching students, tracking their eye movements and keyboard activity.
An interesting discussion and we all hope that the measures being tried are effective in reducing the level of cheating. This is a problem which is extremely difficult to stop.
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