Timeline for How to deal with a student found seeking an answer to a coursework question online?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:57 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 15, 2014 at 0:43 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | I'd hope that another instructor would be motivated to aid the student's education. They will try to just nudge them over the part they're stuck on, or at most will leave them some work to do. Of the people answering on a forum, some will be motivated to convince themselves that they can answer the question or just to show off. They will post a complete answer. So I certainly agree that asking other teachers for help should be less of an offence. | |
| Dec 21, 2012 at 16:49 | vote | accept | Nicholas | ||
| Dec 12, 2012 at 22:18 | comment | added | paul garrett | @BenNorris - Yes, since access to information is not only a fact, but is desirable, there is something disingenuous about pretending to operate in a vacuum, or to require this. But, yes, being "up-front" (a.k.a. "honest") about sources is a must... and students are not necessarily aware. | |
| Dec 12, 2012 at 21:10 | comment | added | Ben Norris | @paulgarrett - I'm a fan of allow it, but only after you have talked with them about academic integrity and why claiming the work of others as your own is bad. If students see academic integrity as a positive, then they will take ownership and be responsible. | |
| Dec 12, 2012 at 21:07 | comment | added | Ben Norris | @dmckee - Which of course is an old problem in academia. It is not new to the information age. | |
| Dec 12, 2012 at 20:28 | comment | added | paul garrett | Depending on what country you're in, information acquired by "outside" observation of students' behavior may be inadmissible evidence, too, ... even if you weren't deliberately snooping. I'd second Ben Norris' remarks... and reiterate that (a) this is just a ramped-up, way-more-effective version of "getting help" in old-fashioned ways (b) you can deter, but not prevent, and maybe be unable to "punish", getting info from the internet by "prohibiting it". The latter may just make you look silly, though. Do require acknowledgement of all sources, with or without enforcement mechanism. | |
| Dec 12, 2012 at 20:09 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | Implicit here is the fuzziness of the line between seeking resources and advice on one hand and trying to get others to do the work for them on the other. | |
| Dec 12, 2012 at 17:17 | history | edited | Ben Norris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2012 at 16:55 | history | answered | Ben Norris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |