"How to Cheat" Videos on Youtube

[Stephen@Clemson.edu]

CHE recently ran an article about this. In fact, they included a couple of the videos right in the article. Here's the link: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/art...&utm_medium=en

There are hundreds and even thousands of "how to cheat" videos. Here are just two more links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slL9W...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGhOY...eature=related

One thing that comes through is the easy and casual attitude that is taken toward cheating. Another thing that comes through is how simplistic the instructors are in their testing. I believe also that, generally, "where there is a will, there is a way."

One lesson here is that our testing and assessment procedures should not be vulnerable to cheating, plagiarism, etc. (For example, we should require outlines and first drafts of papers, rather than just the final product; we should ask more thought questions rather than questions that can be defeated by "cheat sheets," etc.) Another lesson is the high value of a positive campus culture where the whole idea of cheating is regarded as distasteful and unappealing.

The positive campus culture is the grand goal that would solve most (or all) of these problems. But it may be difficult to attain this goal. Meanwhile, we can fall back on the idea that our testing and assessment procedures should not be vulnerable to cheating.

[Teddifish]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Clemson.edu

CHE recently ran an article about this. In fact, they included a couple of the videos right in the article. Here's the link: <> Meanwhile, we can fall back on the idea that our testing and assessment procedures should not be vulnerable to cheating.

Another really interesting thing (to me) was that the people in the videos seemed to have a) no shame about cheating and b) no real fear that their professors or teachers would catch on. That says some unfortunate things about how they view cheating (neutral?) and how they view us (clueless.)

[mxbldc]

There is a great video by 20/ 20 called the "The Cheating Crisis in American Schools" where the students there feel it is their 'right' almost to cheat in order to get ahead and because everyone is doing it. Another one is called "Truth and Consequences" by 48 hours where the parents in Piper Kanas had the school board over turn the teacher's decision to fail students who plagiarized on the leaf project, which was 50 of the students grade. When the students I show see that one segment, they are appauled. They say it is okay for them to cheat; but if they get caught, their parents should not intervene. So that is one small step. Both videos are excellent to show to incoming Freshmen.

[Teddifish]

Originally Posted by mxbldc

There is a great video by 20/ 20 called the "The Cheating Crisis in American Schools" where the students there feel it is their 'right' almost to cheat in order to get ahead and because everyone is doing it.

I think another sad piece of this puzzle is the "consumer mentality" that students often bring with them to college--the idea that because they are paying for their courses, they should get what they want out of them--including the grade they feel entitled to, whether that grade was earned or not. Unfortunately, they come to us after 12 years of schooling that is increasingly grade focused, so I think it can be expected that they think the grade rather than their experiences and growth is the important thing to "get." That's why I'm so convinced that one of the keys to successful academic integrity campaigns on campuses is the re-valuing of experiences and learning. Until we can affect the culture so that it is more about learning and not so much about grades, my fear is that it will make a kind of "bottom line sense" for some students to go ahead and cheat.

[mxbldc]

This is a great video to show in class and have a discussion around these issues. Another one is "Truth and Consequences" from 48 hours done in 2004.