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• 17 Jun 09
  

  Christine Taylor

  Imagine this: You’re taking a test for your online economics course, a test you, uh, well, forgot to study for. No problem, you figure. You’re at home, and you get online and google all your information, phoned a friend, shared your test results with everyone else, then your professor finds out. You are not only kicked out of school, good buy academic integrity.

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  Stephanie Affield
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• 21 Dec 08
  

  Dennis OConnor

  A narrow article that addresses test driven online teaching. Some viable methods to present quiz materials. If you need to go level 1 Bloom, it's best to know this.

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  • One effective method is the pop-up chat quiz. At any time during class time or during a test, the professor will connect to students randomly via the class chat system and do a sort of on-the-spot pop quiz. This ensures the student is actually there during class, and is knowledgeable about the subject matter. It also pushes students to be ready to talk about course material at any time.

    
    

    Another method is timed, real-time tests. These tests are taken by every student simultaneously, with a set time limit so students don’t have time for any last-second “research.” Often individual questions are even timed, for a more controlled test environment.

    
    

    One slightly more aggressive method, used for students who test in a testing center or on a campus, is to have on-site assistants monitor students in person as they take the test. The at-home equivalent is using web cams, where professors can monitor students live in order to discourage them doing anything squirrely. Students are found to be much less likely to cut corners when they have someone standing over their shoulder.

• 15 Dec 08
  

  Peter Kimmich

  You're taking a test for your online Econ course, and you figure It shouldn't be too hard to just find the answers online and ace this thing, right? Suddenly, a chat window opens, and your professor is live on your screen...

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  Peter Kimmich on 2008-12-15
  With every technology comes new loopholes, and new ways to plug them...

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