Ready to start into day 3 of the conference with Michael Draper presenting on the Recommendation CM/Rec (2022) of the Committee of MInisters to member States [of the Council of Europe] on countering Education Fraud

(Irene: Thank you for getting up in the morning to listen to a talk by a lawyer!)

Draper is one of the people responsible for championing the new criminal offense of #ContractCheating in the UK.

#ECEIA2023 #AcademicIntegrity

Now that contract cheating is forbidden in the UK (it is illegal to advertise such services and illegal to work with students in this manner, the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill was passed in 2022, https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/04/28/essay-mills-are-now-illegal-skills-minister-calls-on-internet-service-providers-to-crack-down-on-advertising/), the question is whether AI will put them completely out of business?

The answer is no, the companies still seem to be in business, suggesting that students use a VPN to access the "service"

#ECEIA2023 #AcademicIntegrity #ContractCheating

It was already an arms race before AI, not sure what is best to describe it now?

« Academics warn of ‘arms race’ in contract cheating » via SMH https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/academics-warn-of-arms-race-in-contract-cheating-20221122-p5c0a4.html #ContractCheating #uni #academics

UNSW is trying a restorative justice approach to #ContractCheating in #HigherEd https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/27/the-push-and-pull-of-cheating-at-university-no-one-knows-what-cheating-is-any-more

Very excited to be working with the incredible Prof. Phill Dawson to co-edit a special issue in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education called 'Challenging Cheating'. We are looking for either empirical or conceptual articles that question many of the underlying assumptions of what is cheating, why students (or academics) cheat, and what we can do to address cheating. #cheating #contractcheating #academicintegrity #highereducation

Read more about the submission process at: https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/2022/11/14/call-for-papers-challenging-cheating/

RT @PippiLongsock
Looking for info on students’ views of and experiences with #contractcheating and #filesharing. Hit me with your links #academicintegrity #academicmisconduct #NZTwits #academicchatter

Well, fancy that. Chegg maintains low standards in data security AND academic integrity #contractcheating

Education tech giant gets an F for security after sensitive info on 40 million users stolen • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/31/chegg_ftc_order/

Special applause to the student I caught #contractcheating, who swore never to do it again, before being notified that we'd already discovered them doing it again.

"Just one for the road" as it were.