A plagiarism conference attracted a lot of interest in the press, before, during & after the event. One such report was Net Students ‘think copying OK‘, on the BBC. The Guardian had a similar report. Earlier, the BBC reported on what has been termed “contract cheating”.
Mike Reddy, at the University of Newport, is trying the idea of getting students to write their own exams & making them open book. I’d be interested in how it goes, in particular ensuring that students meet all the relevant learning outcomes & what their QAA people think of it. As an idea, I like it, as students would be working towards something that they want to know, just not sure what externals etc., would make of it…