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Volume 6 Issue 1 - Honesty
in Online Education
By: Virgil E. Varvel Jr. <vvarvel@uillinois.edu>
Keywords: academic
honesty; academic integrity; cheating; copyright; plagiarism;
copying; community
As online education has grown, so too, unfortunately, has the concern
over academic honesty in this new environment. Academic honesty is a
topic that keeps coming up over and over again in online education circles.
These concerns are not new, nor are they limited to the online realm.
However, when there is relative anonymity and a separation between instructor
and student, these concerns seem to increase. This article attempts to
critically analyze the arguments on both sides of the online cheating
debate while presenting techniques for circumventing and alleviating
issues related with online education.
 Honesty
in Online Education
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