High Tech Cheating Linette Koren LibrarianLiaison for KGCOEGIS

High Tech Cheating Linette Koren, Librarian/Liaison for KGCOE/GIS and CAST/SET, Electronic Resources Librarian Susan Mee, Global Education Librarian and Distance/Online Learning Library Coordinator

Pay Me to Do Your Homework! • Cheating Your Way to an “A” We get you an “A” or a “B” or else it’s free!

What is High Tech Cheating? • Cheating using gadgets and technologies such as smartphones, calculators, and other PDA devices • Using web sites that offer the means to cheat (paper mills, textbook problem solutions, test sharing sites) • Using technology (such as You. Tube videos) to learn about and then implement low tech solutions (soda bottles, t-shirts, baseball caps, pens)

The Study • The Ethics of American Youth (2012) A Report Card on Students’ Values, Attitudes, and Behavior Josephson Institute, Center for Youth Ethics

Who is Cheating? Source: Cheating Your Way Through College: The Numbers. Best College Reviews. (2014).

Males and Females Frequency of Test Cheating Josephson Institute. (2012). The Ethics of American Youth Survey.

Who Cheats? • • Low and High GPA Students Student Athletes Business and Honor Students Fraternity and Sorority Members Students with Heavy Workloads Confused, Unprepared and/or Stressed Students Men Seem More Likely Than Women Anyone Might, but Not Everyone Will!

Reasons Students Cheat • • • Others are Cheating and Getting Better Grades Peer Pressure To Help a Friend No Honor Code or Class Policy Stated Chances of Being Caught are Low More Emphasis on Grades than Learning Academic Pressure (loss of scholarship, etc) Heavy Workloads, Time Pressure Shift in Ethics Attitude

Is It Cheating? Survey Findings in Response to Ethical Questions 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% "In the real world, successful people do what they have to do to win, even if others consider it cheating. " "A person has to lie or cheat sometimes to succeed. " Agreed "People who are willing to lie, cheat, or break the rules are more likely to succeed than people who are not. " Disagreed Josephson Institute (2012). The Ethics of American Youth Survey "It's not cheating if everyone is doing it. "

In the News: • Why Study? College Hackers are Changing F’s to A’s • Ohio State University Disciplines 85 Veterinary Students • The New Cheating Economy – Chronicle of Higher Ed • Harvard 2012: Almost half of 279 students investigated for cheating on take-home exam

More Findings • College Entrance Exam: 20 Students in NYC hired to take SAT and ACT Exams for others. $500 -$3, 600 payments • 2011 -12: 32 States reported “canceling, invalidating, or nullifying test scores” – due to suspected or confirmed cheating. • Dartmouth charges 64 students cheating in Sports Ethics course - 2015 • 2009 Josephson Institute Study identified connections between high school cheating and dishonesty in later life, including at work, relationships and on taxes.

BBC. Com – March 2015

International Students • • • 70% - Application essays ghostwritten 50% - Altered high school transcripts 90% - Provided false recommendations SAT Fraud – Illegal copies of tests Foreign Students Seen Cheating More than Domestic Students – Wall Street Journal

Paper Mill Sites/Contract Cheating Sites • • • studymode. com brainia. com antiessays. com helpmyessay. com Unemployedprofessors. com

Contract Cheating/all encompassing • • Pay Me To Do Your Homework Boost My Grades No Need To Study Online Class Help

Textbook Solutions • • Chegg. com Course Hero .

Plagiarism Detection Services Turnitin. com: • 15, 000 Institutions; 140 countries • 60+ billion webpages; 600+ million student papers; 154+ million journal articles, periodicals and books • Students look for ways to cheat Turnitin. com • You. Tube: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v= t. X 8 yj 8 T 1 Zp. Q MOSS: Measure of Software Similarity

Article Spinning Randomly piece together a title, intro, a body, and a conclusion • Online Article Rewriting Software • Article Builder, Article Buddy • The Best Spinner in Action – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e. W nz 1 t. VUm. Ow • Instant Article Wizard – Create unique content faster than you thought possible

Videos • You. Tube videos are a high tech means to show students how to cheat in high tech and low tech ways – 10 Clever Ways to Cheat – Soda bottles – T-shirts, Hoodie Strings – Pencil tapping • • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ma. W 9 sqxs. Qv. Q&t=74 s http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=91 l. QK 5 SCzl. Q http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=BZg_G 8 dji. HY&feature=related https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ok 0_K 1 a. Vp. Ok • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=TGG 7 m 3 XSDjc

The technologies • Smart phones have Internet access, voice recording and playback options, notetaking apps, cameras, and text messaging capabilities • MP 3 players play more than music; they can have audio files of student recorded data as well as lists • Calculators are programmable and can hold text, formulas, and more (TIs are used for SATs and AP exams) • Wireless earphone and microphones allow for whispering questions and answers

Preventing High Tech Cheating See handout • Ethics • Best practices • Technological methods • Low tech methods

Questions / Comments? Presentation and Additional Resources: http: //infoguides. rit. edu/cheating / Academic Integrity Website: http: //www. rit. edu/twc/academicintegrity