Who are the digital natives? - eLearning Consortium of Colorado

CHEATING
101
A Refresher for the Digital Age
Plagiarism, Citing and
Double dipping
WEB 2.0
Wiki UP!
Web 1.0  Web 2.0
The New WWW
Whatever
 Whenever
 Wherever
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◦ Tom March, Web-based educator, author, and
instructional designer
Wikipedia
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A wiki is a type of website that allows
users easily to add, remove, or otherwise
edit and change most available content.
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“with enough eyeballs, all bugs are
shallow”
Digital Natives
Digital Immigrants
Digital Natives
Who are the digital natives and what is their learning profile?
Who are the digital natives?
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Our students today are all “native speakers” of
the digital language of computers, video
games, instantaneous communication, and the
Internet.
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Those of us who were not born into the digital
world but have, at some later point in our lives,
become fascinated by and adopted many or
most aspects of the new technology are Digital
Immigrants.
Marc Prensky
The Nomadic Grazing Patterns
of Digital Natives
 They
prefer random access (like
hypertext).
 They function best when networked.
 They thrive on instant gratification
and frequent rewards.
 They prefer games to “serious” work.
Marc Prensky
The Nomadic Grazing Patterns
of Digital Natives
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Digital Natives are used to receiving
information really fast.
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They like to parallel process and multitask.
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They prefer their graphics before their text
rather than the opposite.
Marc Prensky
Have your students set up
a study group in
Facebook?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/
Online Disinhibition
Effect
Online Disinhibition Effect
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You don’t know me (Dissociative
Anomity)
You can’t see me (Invisibility)
See you later (Asynchronicity).
It’s just a game. (Dissociative
Imigation)
We’re equals (Minimizing Authority)
Robert Suler
http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/disinhibit.html
Digital Immigrants
Digital Immigrant
In high school – they used a typewriter
 Can’t program the remote on the VCR
 Likes to read books rather than read
material on the screen
 1980 is considered the demarcation line
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The Challenge
Marc Prensky
Methodology
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Today’s teachers have to learn to
communicate in the language and style of
their students.
◦ This doesn’t mean changing the meaning of
what is important, or of good thinking skills.
Jennifer Carrier Dorman
http://jdorman.wiki.spaces.com/Conferences
Pedagogy
“Today’s learners (digital natives) are fluent
users (of software) but not fluent critical
thinkers.”
Sherry Turkle
Director of MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Loophole Generation
The Loophole Generation
Jennifer Summerville and
John Fischetti
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Innovate: Journal of Online Education is a
publication of the Fischler School of
Education and Human Services at Nova
Southeastern University.
Loophole Generation
“group of students whose approach to
coursework is influenced by ease of online
communication, hovering parents, a
limited sense of intellectual curiosity and
a lack of experience solving problems
imaginatively.”
Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Contributing Factors
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Helicopter Parents
Mr. Rogers
Standardized tests
Ease in borrowing material
Work late in the night or early in the
morning
Online sense of empowerment
Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Loopholers
Excuse Maker
 Bully
 Cheater
 Plagiarizer
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Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Excuse Maker
The Internet ate my homework.
 The system was down
 My computer crashed
 Family or Personal crisis
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Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Cheater
Help with a test
 Purchase a paper
 Free rider in groups
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Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Bully
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May stem from proficiency
Disrupt work of others
Negative comments personal insults
Flippant remarks
Try to take over discussions or class
Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Plagiarizer
SparkNotes
 May have done in thru high school
 Web material
 Double dipping
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Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Classroom Lawyers
Spend more time on the loophole than on
the assignment
 Focus away from student performance to
a negotiation among multiple parties
about grades
 Gaming the system
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Loopholes
(Opening for appeals, demands
and grievances)
Vague terms
 Point system glitches
 Setting precedent
 Contradictory information
 Not clarifying
 Not responding
 Treating students differently
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Eliminating Loopholes
Syllabus
 Craft policies and wording
 Design courses that reward independent
thought
 Computer requirement
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Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Eliminating Loopholes
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Unambiguous language
Assessments to career goals
Randomized questions/answers
Time on Test
Turn-it –In .com
All Carrot No Stick?????
Jennifer Summerville and John Fischetti
Cheating
Best Practices
I-POD
YouTube
Plagiarism, Citing and
Double dipping
What To Do?