Jared and Marc Submit Conference Proposal on Cheatability

As a complement to John Krutsch's How to Cheat Online presentation, Marc and I have planned out a cheatability rubric, which attempts to measure the cheatability of an online course based on it's assessments and other factors. Here's the proposal:

Nobody wants students cheating in their online class, yet an estimated 75% of students have admitted to cheating during their college career, and according to some studies online assessment makes cheating easier. What is your course's "cheatability factor"? Presenters will discuss their rubric for determining cheatability in an online course with special attention to Blackboard Vista 4. Their rubric considers technical, philosophical, and environmental factors that may increase or decrease the cheatability of online courses from design to delivery. Participants will weigh in on the relative value of "direct assault" vs. "hearts and minds" pedagogical approaches to prevent cheating.

Presentation Objectives

1. Inform participants of the extent to which cheating-related problems exist in online education
2. Present a rubric used to measure the "cheatability" of online course
3. Discuss practices and strategies to avoid or minimize the impact of cheating

We've just submitted this to the Southwest Vista User's Group, which is coming this Spring right here in Utah, and I've thought of sending this on to Distance Teaching & Learning in Madison, Wisconsin before the Jan 15th deadline.