Academic Integrity Analysis

References
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(Barnes, C., & Paris, B. L., 2013) Online course is a new trend of delivering knowledge in current universities. Students don 't have to attend classes in person but can receive all lectures using a laptop with internet connection at home. This technology saves the cost and reduces the time of the students travelling between school and home. This new form of class is growing popularly today, and people consider it as convenient and time-saving. However, these are a major concern regarding online courses among instructors in Lamar University - "How to maintain academic integrity of online courses?" The researchers discovered that, academic dishonesty is more likely to occur in online classes, other than in traditional classes. Students cheat on exams or assignments, by hiring others to be ghost assignment writers or proxy exam takers. To avoid academic dishonesty, Lamar instructors bring out the following prevention strategies: 1. Use of multiple assessment techniques instead of major exams. 2. Greater reliance on written assignments and threaded discussions. 3. Use of test banks and timed test delivery 4. Plagiarism detection software and browser lockdowns. 5. Using student identity technologies during exams, such as fingerprint scanner. 6. Raising awareness among students about academic integrity. (Barnes, C., & Paris, B. L.,
The article briefly talks about the issue of academic misconduct in Canadian Universities and how Chinese students hire ghostwriters to finished their assignment papers during school year. In a survey operated by Canadian Council on Learning, the report shows there are 53 percent of the university students admitted they cheat on paper writing, 18 percent of the students admitted they cheat on exams in 2010. The journalist states, one of the reasons that courage academic dishonesty is, 41 percent of the school staff turn a blind eye to cheated students when the issues occur and only 7 percent of the parents think their children disobey the academic integrity code. Moreover, the journalist interviewed several Chinese students who were studying in Canadian universities. She found out, the students can spend 200 to 300 CAD to buy a paper, but the price varies by the time urgency. However, sometimes the ghost writers cannot guarantee the quality of the papers, because some students ask to finish their papers in 24 hours and due to insufficient times, the paper might off the point or does not meet the academic requirement. Therefore, the students can still fail in the course, even they were not caught for academic dishonesty. (Song, N.,