Presentation given at 2010 ADEIL conference on the importance of communication between administration, faculty, and support staff when handling online course issues.
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Walking on the sun
1. Walking on the Sun
How to Navigate a Hot Mess
Without Burning Your Feet
2. Introduction
• Who we are
• What the %&*! happened?
– Spring 2010 ARTE 119: Art History 2
– 69 students, 55 took Exam 1
– 14 failed because of cheating
• Communication critical to resolution
7. Who ya gonna call?
• What do I need and who has it?
• Call to DE office
– Calm down
– Check responses through Turnitin
– Academic Integrity policy
8. Ducks in a row
• Verifiable evidence
– One couldn’t be verified
• Document for administration (aka CYA)
– Used Word to highlight and document
• Example
9. Who ya gonna call? (Part Deux)
• Call to Department Head’s office
– Calm down
– What you can’t do
– What you CAN do
• Changed exam format
11. What the students heard
• Email informing of evidence of cheating
• Attached:
– Evidence
– College policy with highlighting
– Consequences (vs what could have happened)
12. What the students said
• Most were repentant
• Some knew they were getting a break
• One made an attempt to argue
14. Pushing your luck
• Bypassed the instructor
• The iPod did it (the Helpdesk told me so)
• Did student tracking malfunction?
• The lightbulb moment
• “Judge and Jury”