missouri state online academic integrity week october 6, 2009

Missouri State Online Academic Integrity Week

October 6, 2009

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Academic Integrity Week

Missouri State Online and Instructional Technologies Presents:

“Changing the Culture from Online Cheating to Online Learning.”


Panelist Introductions

Dr. Gary Rader, Director for MS Online Dr. Scott Wegner, Ed.D. Dr. Julie Anderson-Ituarte, M.S. Michael Frizell, Director, Writing Center Shellie Jones, CASL, MSAS Student Andy Lear, BKD, MSAS Student


Considerations for Online Academic Integrity

Growth in Academic Dishonesty

Growth of online courses and enrollments

Concern about academic integrity in the online classroom

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MSU – online enrollment stats 2004-09 Spring semesters show impressive growth of students

taking online classes.

Traditional97%

Internet3%

2004

Traditional96%

Internet4%

2005Tradi-tional94%

Internet6%

2006

Traditional92%

Internet8%

2007 Traditional90%

Internet10%

2008 Tradi-tional89%

Internet11%

2009


What Research Shows Perception: Academic Dishonesty is more

prevalent online than face-to-face.

Research: Shows online students are less inclined to cheat

Assessment: Motivated students cheat less

Friends University (2009)


Forms of Online Academic Dishonesty

Cheating on Tests Plagiarism Aiding and Abetting

Friends University Study (2009)


Detection and Deterrence: The Faculty Perspective

Scott Wegner

Julie Anderson-Ituarte


The Student Integrity Profile

Younger rather than older are more inclined to cheat

Early cheating continues through graduate school

Lack of awareness produces cheating Cultural differences

Friends University Study (2009)


The Student Perspective

Shellie Jones

Andy Lear


Changing the Culture Proactive faculty from the start Establish Honor Code – increase student

awareness Inform faculty how academic dishonesty

applies to online education Provide procedures to detect it Policies to support faculty who detect and

pursue instances of academic dishonesty.


Unintentional Online Plagiarism?

Michael Frizell, The Writing Center


Design Online Exams toDeter Cheating

Open book exams Timed exams Scramble the order of questions Pop quizzes Non-exam assessments Proctored exams


The Non-Exam OptionReduce cheating by changing the “culture”

Are there alternative non-exam options for all subjects? Motivating student learning through alternative

pedagogies (the discussion forum) Assessing student learning through critical thinking Stimulating student motivation to learn and assess

learning outcomes Providing autonomy with structure, relatedness and

competency Empowering students to engage in

the learning process


The Proctored Option University of Connecticut (2008) study reveals online,

un-proctored multiple choice exams suffer more from cheating than supervised multiple choice exams.

Various technologies to reduce cheating are expensive and less than satisfactory.

Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) addresses authentication concerns.

Test Proctoring provides another good alternative for supervising traditional test-taking and authenticating student identities.


PILOT PROJECT


MS Online Test Proctoring Pilot Project - Summer 2009

Purpose of the pilot is to provide:

F2F supervised alternative to online testing without sacrificing distance convenience and modality.

Additional means for “authentication.”

Instrument to prevent cheating online.

Student/faculty support infrastructure for HLC approval to offer online degrees.


MS Online Test Proctoring Narrative

Selection of Pilot Subjects

SPE 506/507

Number of students Initial costs in time and resources Policies and Procedures Dealing with off campus testing Administration of exams and

reporting of results

• Julie Anderson-Ituarte• Aundrayah Shermer


Test Proctoring Schedule

Proctor Acknowledgement


Proctor Verification


Outcomes

Summary and Conclusion Student satisfaction Faculty satisfaction Pilot did not measure reduction of cheating Pilot set up to address concerns for potential

cheating


Future Steps Repeat the process in the fall of 2009. Employ feedback from summer results. Utilize assessment tools to measure learning

outcomes in online courses with proctored and un-proctored objective exams.

Design courses with alternatives to traditional concepts of test taking.

Provide proctored testing for subject areas where objective exams are necessary to discourage cheating.


A&Q


Contact Information

Missouri State Online

Kenneth E. Meyer Alumni Center

300 S. Jefferson

(417)-836-3718

missouri state online academic integrity week october 6, 2009

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