[LINK] Australian University Students Allegedly Cheating with iPads

[Tom Worthington]

I was interviewed briefly by Caroline Winter at ABC Radio's The World 
Today, about university students allegedly using tablet computers to 
cheat in examinations: "University investigates allegations of cheating" 
(19 Nov 2013, 2:44pm AEDT): 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/university-investigates-allegations-of-cheating/5102582?section=sa#

This was a follow-up to the item "Medical students allegedly cheated on 
Adelaide University exam about human reproductive health" (19 November 
2013, 8:01am AEDT): 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/medical-students-allegedly-cheated-on-exam/5101106

Students are alleged to have screen captured from an examination paper 
and left them for the next group of students. Apparently the iPads were 
supplied by the university and not reset between examination candidates. 
This seems a curious way to administer a computer based examination and 
such an examination seems an odd way to do assessment.

There are ways to make cheating harder with screen based tests, such as 
choosing questions at random from bank and altering quantities in 
numerical ones.

More at: 
http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2013/11/australian-university-students.html


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