Par Fabien Soyez. Un étudiant Genevois a tenté de tricher, à l'aide d'une "smartwatch". Cette première soulève la question de l'interdiction des montres connectées lors des examens.
En février, nous avions relayé une information selon laquelle l’université de Londres avait pris la décision d’interdire le port de montres connectées (« smartwatch ») lors des examens – afin d’empêcher les étudiants de tricher. Voir l'article...
Par Mathilde H. Les premières fois sont rarement glorieuses. Un étudiant d'une école de commerce suisse détient désormais le triste record de premier tricheur pris sur le fait avec une montre connectée. meltyCampus raconte. Suite...
By Katherine Price. As exam season gets underway, universities have come up with a new item to confiscate.
Several universities have recently revised their watch policy. Students at City University in London are now banned from wearing any kind of wristwatch in exams, those at Southampton must place all watches in a clear plastic bag on the desk, while at Goldsmiths watches have to be stored under desks. More...
By - . Stanford University’s honor code dates to 1921, written by students to help guide them through the minefield of plagiarism, forbidden collaboration, copying and other chicaneries that have tempted undergraduates since they first arrived on college campuses. More...
By . Stanford University's honor code dates to 1921, written by students to help guide them through the minefield of plagiarism, forbidden collaboration, copying and other chicaneries that have tempted undergraduates since they first arrived on college campuses. aren't proctored, and students are expected to police themselves and speak up when they see others committing violations. More...
By Leo Benedictus. The Georgian chess master rumbled this week for using a hidden smartphone to plan his moves is far from alone – and as our access to an infinite online stock of information gets ever faster and more portable, the question is: are we on the brink of an epidemic. More...
By Mogomotsi Magome. The SA Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is introducing new regulations on the evaluation of qualifications obtained from foreign institutions to curb the scourge of fake degrees.
SAQA has also introduced new security features on its certificate of evaluation which compared the foreign qualification with those offered in South Africa. More...
By . Several Sydney universities caught up in a cheating scandal that includes students using essay writing services say they are responding and cracking down on the new cheating method.
Yesterday, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, Dr Michael Spence, said he would personally head a taskforce to investigate academic misconduct in the wake of new methods of cheating. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare
Natasha Singer, New York Times, 2015/04/09
More on ProctorTrack, the service that stares at you through your camera while you take an online exam. Not surprisingly, students don't like it. According to the article, "Even for an undergraduate raised in a culture of selfies and Skype, Ms. Chao found the system intrusive. More...
By Andy Thomason. An educational consultant has been found guilty of defrauding a couple in Hong Kong by taking more than $2 million from them in exchange for promises to get their son admitted to Ivy League colleges, The Boston Globe reports. More...
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