Doesn't their argument all boil down to, "If the professor uses standard questions that we can get our hands on, then it isn't our fault"? ...
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Lloyd Miller
lloyd.miller@...
Nov 12, 2010 4:23 pm
Yes, I think you nailed it, Deborah. It's a good insight into the "entitlement" mentality that (so I've heard) pervades much student thinking nowadays. But...
All incredibly interesting. I found this on YahooNews, and wondered when SACC-L would pick it up. Will have to view the student response. The second...
Not much chance of improving things! Students learn this attitude and behavior from the culture. I just heard in the radio that Bush 43 has now been accused of...
Cheating in test-taking and plagiarism are depressing issues these days. My school is now forming a faculty/staff committee to create firmer guidelines for...
Did anyone see the article in a recent 'Chronicle of Higher Ed', supposedly written by someone who writes papers on the behalf of students for a living? I...
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dianne.chidester@...
Nov 15, 2010 4:10 pm
We've had a case of a parent taking the on-line class for a student. In spite of this, we keep being told that cheating is no more of a problem with online...
We are looking at this right now at our school. The eLearing office is exploring ways to verify the identity of online students. One question that has been...
Starting a few weeks ago, our class lists now come with a photo of the student (presumably the same one taken for their student card). Bob ... We are looking...
I'm retired, but teaching an online and an in-person class. This Fall I decided to check IDs in my in-person class. During our August department meeting...
All: We will have six papers at the Five-Field in New Orleans - in just a few days. As such, there will be very little time for me to make any comments at the...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Nov 15, 2010 7:57 pm
I have asked for identification technology if we plan on continuing to do elearning, and was told that we were “investigating” iris and fingerprint...
Is this the article you mean? Someone at my school just passed the link around campus. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/ What is really...
Is anybody from SACC going to the AAA meetings going to be tweeting on Twitter or facebooking on Facebook? I'd do it, but alas....I'm not attending this year....
Laura is going! I have signed in, but I'm not much into posting... Mary Kay From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob...
Since I'll be retiring in January, there's a very good chance that a full-time, tenure-track position in anthropology will be opening up, probably by Fall or...
I will be doin' it all...or trying to! Kathleen ... -- Kathleen Terry-Sharp Director, Academic Relations Director, Practicing and Applied Programs American...
Yes, I'll be tweeting, but only when I get access to my computer. Don't yet have a fancy phone with a Twitter app. Expect lots of tweets about my food. ... ...
This article really offends me. He seems to be trying to foist some of the blame for his own heinous behavior off on educators. Of course we wonder how ...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Nov 16, 2010 4:49 am
Kudos to you and your college Frank...I am also retiring in January and they have just announced an "emergency lectureship" for Spring semester...one of three...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Nov 16, 2010 4:49 am
Kathleen, or anyone else in this list serve...I am looking for contacts that might be helpful for anthro education issues in AACC, US Dept. of Ed. or any such...
Well, it is spitting into a hurricane, but here is what I do: 1. Students get a detailed document that they must sign and upload to the course web site. Until...
I use that site as well. I haven't gone so far as to require the certificate but I do state that students will be held to the discussed standards. I, also,...
apologies for cross posting, but here is the link to the article about on line cheating Mike Pavlik ... From: Jacob I Lee <jacoblee@...> To: ANTHRO-L...
There is an interesting anthropological phenomenon here: At the same time as our culture has increased its insistence on certification and credentials, we have...
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Lloyd Miller
lloyd.miller@...
Nov 17, 2010 3:48 pm
Pam, I just read it. On one level I do share your outrage, but found that I was having a number of different reactions as I read. One was, "Wow, this guy's a...
I have made reservations at 3 diff places depending on group size. We will have the 5 field dinner at one of these local gems in Frencg Quarter or Garden...
I find chasing down plagiarists to be terribly time-consuming and a definite distraction from my focus on teaching content to the interested students. I'm sure...
