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The E-Dog Ate my Homework!. Mike Rodgers Chemistry Department Floyd Lockhart Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning. TSL Institutes Winter 2008. Why are We Here?. Top Ten Student Excuses:. The Web page won’t load! The server is down! My Internet connection isn’t working!
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The E-Dog Ate my Homework! Mike Rodgers Chemistry Department Floyd Lockhart Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Why are We Here? TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Top Ten Student Excuses: • The Web page won’t load! • The server is down! • My Internet connection isn’t working! • I can’t find the Web site! • I didn’t know when it was due! • I am sure I submitted it; the computer must have messed up! • I didn’t see that assignment! • I DID send it to you, didn’t you get it? • My password doesn’t work! (I can’t login). • My grandfather died. TSL Institutes Winter 2008
RODGERS TSL Institutes Winter 2008
How is this issue like plagiarism? TSL Institutes Winter 2008
How is it different? TSL Institutes Winter 2008
THE Question … • “How do you know that the person in your online course really is the student listed on the roster?” TSL Institutes Winter 2008
A Good Answer … • “Think of a friend with whom you exchange emails on a regular basis. For the sake of the example, I'll call the friend Sam. Now imagine that Sam's mother, in an attempt to "dig" for information about Sam (your friend), discovered that Sam had forgotten to log out of his email one day. What if Sam's mother, in trying to learn information about Sam's weekend plans, wrote an email to you posing as Sam? Do you think you would know the difference between an email written by the real Sam, your friend, and an email written by the "imposter," Sam's mother? If so, Why?” Love, Renee. "Re: [POD] metaphor for cheating/plagiarism." Online posting. 22 Feb. 2007. Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education 22 Feb. 2007 <POD@listserv.nd.edu> TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Technology & Learning Student Survey (Fall 2005) I TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Online Student Survey (Fall 2005) I TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Technology & Learning Student Survey (Fall 2005) II TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Online Student Survey (Fall 2005) II TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Technology & Learning Student Survey (Fall 2005) III TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations I Student does not submit the work he/she is assigned, and aggressively blames the instructor TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations II Student claims to have been unable to complete an online exam due to technical difficulties TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations III Student sends bogus e-mail: the system clock was changed to support claim that the e-mail was sent prior to the instructor’s deadline. TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations IV "My professor NEVER emails ME!!! I don't know where they went!!! They don't like ME!" TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations V Student logs in (Forum, Dropbox, UTest, etc.), realizes that the assignment is past due, and claims that they never, ever saw the assignment when it was supposed to be available. TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations VI “Those test answers aren't the ones I picked, I swear!!!” TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations VII Students organize within a class or departmental field of study, to pressure an individual instructor. TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Situations VIII Student uses screenshots to argue that UTest failed to provide all of the required tests. TSL Institutes Winter 2008
A Few Design Tips • Personal info survey in UTest • “2 Truths and a Lie” in Forum • Assignment construction* Goodson, Ludwika. "[POD] Plagiarism Detection Flaws" Online posting. 21 Mar. 2006. Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education 21 Mar. 2006 <POD@listserv.nd.edu> TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Ludy’s Suggestions … • Focus on process; support, guidance; assessment of all phases of work • Explicit explanations of expectations for activities • Progression of assignments • Support student planning, idea generation, collection of resources • Probe for explanations of what students mean in what they have written • Require reports on work done at different stages • Requiring an annotated bibliography • Require recent references and a range of references • Assign "metalearning" essay • Guide students on technology use • Use levels of assignments * * McKenzie, J.,1998, at http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Additional Resources: • Rodgers' June 2005 Technology Serving Learning Institute Sessionhttp://cstl.semo.edu/institute/2005Summer/e-excuses/June1.htm • D. A. Starrett, and M. L. Rodgers, “The e-Dog Ate My e-Homework!”, The National Teaching and Learning Forum, May 2004, 13 (3).http://www.ntlf.com/ • CSTL Tech Support support@cstl.semo.edu TSL Institutes Winter 2008
Thanks for Joining Us! Mike Rodgers mrodgers@semo.edu Floyd Lockhart support@cstl.semo.edu TSL Institutes Winter 2008