Cheating(?) and Facebook
Ed. Law, Ed. Policy, Ed. Tech. March 6th, 2008
I sure would like to know more about this story. The way CNN reports it makes it all seem harmless to me. What’s wrong with a little digital ingenuity and the creation of an online study group?
Tags: cheating, facebook, technology
Yes. I’m not sure if the media is spinning this or if it really is as simple as it seems. The story seems to suggest that the professor found something which indicated complete solutions were posted on the site. However, what I’ve read indicates that was never the case.
If this is truly just a “study group” for the digital age, it does nothing other than affect a larger group of students than the old, personal version used to affect.
The media does like to spin things though.
Even if complete solutions were posted, that’s kind of tricky. When working in a study group, don’t participants work through problems together and collaboratively come up with a solution? Maybe this is another educational institution not yet ready to deal with the realities of the digital age? IDK.
The problem with posting a full solution online is that someone can just walk in and scoop up the solution. In the case of a traditional study group, only those who were in the room working on it will benefit from it (unless someone in the group hands the answers over to a friend). Slippery slope.