There's also the strategy allegedly used in economics departments of changing the answers, rather than the questions :)
- Jim On 21 November 2013 09:05, Tom Worthington <[email protected]>wrote: > I was interviewed briefly by Caroline Winter at ABC Radio's The World > Today, about university students allegedly using tablet computers to > cheat in examinations: "University investigates allegations of cheating" > (19 Nov 2013, 2:44pm AEDT): > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/university-investigates-allegations-of-cheating/5102582?section=sa# > > This was a follow-up to the item "Medical students allegedly cheated on > Adelaide University exam about human reproductive health" (19 November > 2013, 8:01am AEDT): > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/medical-students-allegedly-cheated-on-exam/5101106 > > Students are alleged to have screen captured from an examination paper > and left them for the next group of students. Apparently the iPads were > supplied by the university and not reset between examination candidates. > This seems a curious way to administer a computer based examination and > such an examination seems an odd way to do assessment. > > There are ways to make cheating harder with screen based tests, such as > choosing questions at random from bank and altering quantities in > numerical ones. > > More at: > > http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2013/11/australian-university-students.html > > > -- > Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 > The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ > PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au > Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards > Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
