Addressing Contract Cheating and Academic Integrity
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What are the latest threats to academic integrity in teaching and learning? How can we address threats such as contract cheating? This keynote presentation, delivered at a Teaching and Learning Conference at the University of Wolverhampton explores the changing landscape of essay mills and offers practical device on assessment design.
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- 1. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Addressing Contract Cheating and Other Threats to Academic Integrity Dr. Thomas Lancaster http://thomaslancaster.co.uk University of Wolverhampton Teaching and Learning Conference Monday, 18 June 2018
- 3. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Dr. Thomas Lancaster Slide archive available at http://www.slideshare.net/ThomasLancaster Computer Science Academic (currently teach part time at Imperial College London) Academic integrity researcher, speaker and consultant
- 5. @DrLancaster #contractcheating If You Want To Join In On Social Media… My Twitter: #contractcheating @DrLancaster (also) My Email: thomas@thomaslancaster.co.uk My Website: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk My Blog: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk/blog My LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/thomaslancaster
- 8. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Assessment Questions Will the assessment engage the students? Is the assessment suitable for differentiated student abilities? Does this assessment accurately test if the students have met the learning outcomes?
- 9. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Assessment Questions Will the assessment engage the students? Is the assessment suitable for differentiated student abilities? Can I mark the assessment on time? Does this assessment accurately test if the students have met the learning outcomes?
- 10. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Assessment Questions Will the assessment engage the students? Is the assessment suitable for differentiated student abilities? Can students cheat on this assessment? Can I mark the assessment on time? Does this assessment accurately test if the students have met the learning outcomes?
- 11. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Some Ideas I Am Sharing Today What is contract cheating and why does it matter? How is contract cheating facilitated and why does it happen? How can we ensure academic integrity in the age of contract cheating? My Ongoing Research What do we know about the changing industry and the individuals helping students to cheat?
- 15. @DrLancaster #contractcheating You can’t really buy an assignment from Werewolf Essays
- 19. @DrLancaster #contractcheating These Offered Services Are Real!
- 20. @DrLancaster #contractcheating And This Marketing Is Real!
- 21. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Lead news story – BBC TV - May 2018Marketing matters
- 27. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Charles Duhigg “Students in school cheat not to get the 'A,' but to avoid the 'C.' ”
- 30. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Contract Cheating (General Description) A student pays/uses a third party to create their academic work for them (or attempts to do so)
- 31. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Our Original Study (2003 assessment, 2006 paper) Times Higher Education, 16 June 2006 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/todays-news/203722.article
- 32. @DrLancaster #contractcheating 6.6% of students (n=1298) say they have paid for work. Wider sector estimates usually range from 2% to 10%. 85 236 977 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Yes No, but I would consider doing it No “Have you ever paid for work?” https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4991344UK Poll On The Student Room (October 2017)
- 33. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Some Known Facts About Contract Cheating Involves a small proportion of students, but too many to ignore Student reasons for cheating differ, but some groups more at risk than others Cheating is habitual Contract cheating is fuelled by a massive and heavily marketed industry More students are supported by people they know than by commercial providers
- 35. @DrLancaster #contractcheating The Contract Cheating Industry
- 36. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Student emails the company or visits their office Student supplies assignment brief (and university login details if needed) Ghostwriter completes assignment (directly contacting tutors using university login details if needed) Completed assignment supplied to student, who submits it as their own work https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/che ckpoint/audio/2018648792/couple-made-dollar4- 6m-selling-assignments-to-students Estimated profit of £2.5 million ($4.7 million NZD), between 2006 and 2013 Services sold exclusively to Chinese students Assignments4U (New Zealand)
- 42. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Join An Essay Mill Writer paid £2.88 for a 2000 word assignment (£1.44 per 1000 words)
- 43. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Or £223 for a 20,000 word dissertation (£11.15 per 1000 words)
- 54. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Use software to protect integrity
- 57. @DrLancaster #contractcheating Ensure students think about academic integrity