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One of the big problems for MOOCs and other online platforms has been cheating. These five technologies can be implemented to counter online cheating.

Students less likely to cheat in virtual classrooms... But what are the criteria for cheating in these classrooms, vs. in traditional classrooms? what constitutes cheating impacts how often somebody is seen as transgressing

this article made me wonder about the difference in student motivation between the online an physical classes. people busting their butts to learn in night school for example may be less likely to cheat than the regular full time students, but that doesn't mean night school decreases the likelihood of cheating.

"The link between teenagers' computer abilities and an increase in academic cheating is evident across the nation."

a youtube video on cheating prevention

Tecahers must now learn how to craft assignments which do not lend themselves easily to cheating. Dealing with network security issues is probably the easier task of the two.

Allowing open-phone tests may prevent cheating.

are you taking the designing a new learning environment online course?

Similar to the article below from Daniel, this article talks about how edX is making progress on the certification of students and final exams.

"Considering the biggest complaints about online education have fallen under the three Cs - completion, certification and cheating - edX appears to be covering all of their bases."

Taking the next step towards credentialing through MOOC's and establishing greater value for these online classes.

Interesting decision to address a number of common criticisms of online learning: the potential for cheating, the failure of enrollees to complete the course and the lack of certification.

A series of reference materials for software from MS Word to Vim to Linux. Highly useful for people who want to become more efficient in software use.

For people interested in the new HTML 5 standard, there are some great things that will be possible. This article gives a quick overview of Canvas, which will use JavaScript to allow some pretty complicated visual effects. This guide assumes a good grasp of the current standards and of typical digital design tools.

One of nations best University systems, University of California, is about to start its first group of fully online courses for undergraduates. At the same time, the California State Universities (CSU) starting its computer-based options for its 412,000 students. Currently, there are master's degrees in 63 disciplines entirely online. Some educators are skeptical and raise concern on cheating and of "walmartaization" of CSU education.

A problem that I had not previously considered - as digital devices begin to pervade educational venues, there is a dark side...

Discusses the increase of agressive marketing that facilitates cheating that is being coupled with the growing of opportunities for online learning.

Interesting tale of a professional plagiarist. Is it something we need to be worried about more as students are more likely to seek help online?

Schools in Denmark are piloting a program which allows students to use computers with internet access on national writing exams.