Andrey N. - well said. I hope everyone reads your reply.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Andrey Novoseltsev <[email protected]> wrote: > There is also something to be said about thinking of students as cheaters. > The hardest exams for me were on manifolds at UW - we had a week to work > from home, allowed to use course notes, old homework, and our textbook, but > nothing else and no discussions with each other. Some problems were actually > from the textbook, so I imagine they may have been assigned before and > solutions were available if one tried to find them. It was quite satisfying > to be trusted enough to work in such a setting and I prefer to believe that > most other students (or even all) were not violating conditions as well. > > Kind of similar to not selling DRM-free movies/music/etc since everyone > would just copy them after the first sale if it is effortless. In a more > perfect world all digital content is free to get once it is made and those > who feel inclined contribute what/when/if then can/want. And nobody worries > about their students cheating because these students understand that they > should not. > > Andrey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
