More than a game: some thoughts on David Wiley’s “Random Audits as a Scalable Deterrent to Cheating”

The ranks of the unreasonably wealthy are filled with those who rolled the dice despite the risk. Moreover, Wiley's proposal is a very much stronger signal of the authority and control that the teacher/institution has over the the student than the conventional process. Ultimately, it doesn't deal with or consider the reasons that students cheat in the first place: it's just a response to the fact that some do. Instead, Dron recommends combining assessment from a range of different courses. If done with commitment, it could largely decouple learning and assessment because instrumental revision would not be an option. Dron's approach is (as he admits) too structured for occasional or informal learning. But there is merit to the decoupling of learning and assessment - not that traditional universities would ever been keen on that. Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]