Institutions of higher education have witnessed a proliferation of online courses in the past several decades. Culture and the impact of it must be considered.
6 universities participating to crete a database that measures 33 variables for the online coursework of 640,000 students - tracks student performance and retention across demographics.
This is a good introductory treatment of Social Constructivism, which sets the stage well for what social networking tools might be able to do for us in education.
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Article points out how students view copying in the Internet age. As educators, I believe we should be aware of attitudes towards plagiarism not to condone it but to help students learn.