[etni] Software cannot stop cheating
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- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:50:45 +0200
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Software 'cannot stop cheating'
BBC News - November 22, 2005
Technological solutions alone will not be enough to prevent children using
the internet to cheat in their coursework, a government adviser has said.
Professor Jean Underwood of Nottingham Trent University says it is up to
teachers and parents to show that plagiarism is inappropriate.
T he government has asked Professor Underwood to provide technical advice on
how to detect internet cheating.
It has commissioned a review of GCSE coursework in each subject.
The move comes after report by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
said downloading essays from the internet "could not be controlled".
Professor Underwood, an expert in the impact of new technologies on teaching
and learning, said less repetitive and more creative questioning would
reduce the scope for cheating.
She said the parameters of her study were still to be defined, but she
wanted to help find solutions "so that everyone is reassured that coursework
is valid, relevant and secure".
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