The Internet Has Made Education Better For Teachers, Student And Parents

The future of education is brighter than ever because technology continues to evolve and develop. Because of so many advancements, education is now available to more individuals throughout the world. Education can now be offered to not just a few privileged in the populated communities, but connects people of all statuses from all over the globe.There are several advancements in technology that have drastically changed education. Perhaps one of the factors that has influenced education the most might be the availability of devices. Inexpensive mobile phones now have more power and potential than desktops of just a few years ago (Solomon and Schrum, 2014). Not only do they have more power and potential, but they are also more convenient

Carr article emphasizes on how the internet has completely changed our way of thinking, from the negative viewpoint. The internet today has become our primary source for almost everything, reading, looking up information, etc. It has been common today to dismiss the idea that when we read online, we are disengaging with the text and therefore we are not able to interpret or make connections. His argument discuss the idea that even though the in internet offers us efficiency, in the process we are diminishing our learning experience. Although I agree with Carr that the widespread use the internet has a huge impact on the way individuals search and process information, I cannot agree that all of these changes are negative.

In an online setting, the integrity of students’ work on exams, as required by the University of the People, is ensured by the use of a proctor. A proctor is a person who on oath physically monitors a student’s exam testing and verifies that all requirements of the exam were followed appropriately by the student. University of the People requires a certain number of proctored exams for each degree program for graduation. This process ensures that the Academic Code or Conduct is universally applied during a student’s exam taking. The act of proctoring gives University of the People access to a student’s work and gives an accountable person aside from the student to ensure the grades earned by the student are worthy of the University’s Academic Code.

In “Cheating in Online Classes is Now Big Business,” Derek Newton addresses the issue of cheating in online courses and proposes some avenues to explore in order to fight against it. There are businesses, agencies, and entrepreneurs who offer to take student’s online classes for them. Newton shares his findings from contacting one of these businesses that provide tutors to take online classes for their clients, even going as far as taking on their identities. Newton found that for a given price, he could not only have someone take his online class for him, but with a guaranteed high grade. Newton explains that with online education growing so do these businesses. Newton proposes that colleges should employ more interaction between the professors

Ethical behavior should be expected from college students; however, it is not always present. There is a moral obligation for students, earning a degree, that they are in fact the ones doing the homework and tests. The prevalence of online institutions has helped enable a multitude of working individuals earn a degree. Without the classroom setting, it is arduous for a professor to ensure who is on the other end of the keyboard and monitor. In fact, Gopala, Paswan, and Qin (2015) stated that regarding online classes and degree programs, “as a component of distant-learning initiatives, have attracted a lot of attention from educational institutions, administrators, policymakers, and society at large. According to results of Pew Research Center 2011 Surveys, about 23 percent of college graduates have taken online courses” (p. 67). Rocky University has conducted a survey asking 90 of its students whether or not he or she may have cheated on any assignments. Rocky University is interested in comparing itself with other Universities as well as setting a benchmark of its own situation. The following will enable the reader to understand just where Rocky stands after the results of the survey are tallied.

With technology growing at a rapid rate, it has nearly consumed everyone’s lives, especially students. The National School Boards Association says, “Almost 60% of students who use social networking talk about education topics online and more than 50% talk specifically about schoolwork” (“Creating & Connecting” 1). There are more online colleges than ever before. Businesses are communicating via live computer conference calls on opposite ends of the earth. In addition, schools are introducing computer enriched assignments as early as elementary. According to research done by the National School Boards Association, “Nearly all school districts (96%) say that at least some of their teachers assign homework that requires internet use” (“Creating

Technology is the crucial factor for education sector to maintain all the data and information more effectively and efficiently. Increasing dependence on the technology is adjusting student-teacher cooperation with the progression of time (Candace, 2004). Nowadays, people use computers and internet for learning different programs. Internet helps students to find their own answers without the help of the teachers. Information technology like internet is increasing the opportunities to learn new things more easily and quickly. There are various online libraries that help the students and teachers with reading materials. Students can also post their work online for the teachers to read and grade. For instances: Westcliff university is using GAP (online system) where the student can see the question and post their answer online and the teachers can check the students work online as well. Information system has brought advancement in learning process with the help of audio-visual education. Nowadays, most of the students are taught with projectors and speakers with the help of power point presentation. In today’s technological world, most of the education sector utilizes the latest technology and software so as to enhance the overall learning experience of the students (Pandey,

Technology is rapidly evolving and changing, and as a result of the increasing availability and propagation of several forms of technology, academic dishonesty cases in every college and university have greatly multiplied and become a global issue. The issue on cheating behaviors in students is so pervasive and uncontrollable that it is almost considered as commonplace (Arhin & Jones, 2009). One of the hardest challenges for educators is knowing how and when to discipline their students. In the given scenario, there are several issues to take into account; the first and foremost being the issue of academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is defined by the Webster dictionary as the intentional participation in deceptive practices regarding one’s academic work or the work of another (Faucher & Caves, 2009). Jones (2011) states that many institutions of higher education have adopted academic dishonesty policies, instituted academic integrity tutorial completion prerequisites for next term registration, and acquired plagiarism software detection tools. They go on to say that within the past few years, high-tech cheating is gradually replacing the simple cut-and-paste cheating, and educators must be proactive and develop instructional strategies that integrate all facets of appropriate digital citizenship, that is, digital ethics. By implementing these academic dishonesty and integrity policies and making them attainable to

Technology in the classroom is important to assist in the learning process; however this is creating new challenges for teachers. Teachers are now required to educate students on the importance of technology ethics. Computer ethics is the moral guidelines that govern the use of computers and networks (Shelly, G, Gunter, G, and Gunter, R 2012). Ethics in the classroom also requires teachers to explain what plagiarism is and the proper way for students to give credit for information attained from another source. Teachers must also have a plan in place to address internet security, as well as devise a student use agreement and discuss ethical practices while using technology in the classroom.

Student Perceptions of Cheating in Online CoursesYour Name:Class Name:University Name:Instructor Name:Student Perceptions of Cheating in Online CoursesAcademic integrity has long been a core concern of faculty as well as administrators operating in campuses. Recent statistics done on the extent of cheating that occurs in college campuses shows that the large majority of students have engaged in this vice to some extent. The core difference in today’s environment is the wide proliferation of technological devices that are used for both delivering as well as accessing information on university courses. Educators are fast becoming concerned on the impact that technology has on the numerous forms of academic dishonesty. Indeed a number of sources have argued that the internet is fast becoming a major culprit for the increasing instances of academic dishonesty. This paper therefore strives to examine what is the prevalence of cheating in online courses looking at it from the college student’s perspective.The number of students who a-re actively participating in college level online courses has far outpaced other forms of distance learning. Online courses are becoming a critical part of many campuses long term strategy as evidenced by the fact that colleges have seen a distinct increase in the levels of online enrolment. The growth in learning opportunities online has increased on the concerns concerning cheating in online courses (Cluskey et al, 2011). Numerous studies have

In today’s world Internet has become one of the most important mediums of communication. It has become the lifeline of our survival. It has removed the entire social, economic and physical barrier and has immense effect on our day to day activity.

In addition, there is a problem because the current situation in colleges and universities are having issues and multiple problems concerning the involvement of technology in class and at home. Surely the use of computers are now direly needed to discuss and deliberate on the several subjects taught in high school and colleges. To the contrary, children and young adults have been found failing in class by reason of

According to Thomas Jefferson, “If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education”(Vasudeva).Technology has impacted every aspect of life and education is no exception (Purdue). The education process has evolved as more people make use of technological devices and so education no longer starts or ends in the classroom. Technology in education is like a double edged sword, you can either use it to your advantage or to your disadvantage. People may say that technology does nothing but disrupt the education process but, I think discussing the many ways technology is

The major criticism is that the student’s writing skill and critical thinking go down too fast because they used to research on the World Wide Web. The author Rothenberg mentioned while the students work on the Internet, they used to copy the information and process a lot of information from Web. They neglected reading.

But without the securities of the traditional classroom environment cheating has become a big concern in online education aside from cheating the quality of online education is also in question in addressed by article posted Greg Rodriguez which states “the level of effectiveness of educational technology is influenced by this specific student population, the software design that educators role, and the level of access to technology I agree that having a quality program is important but still requires much effort from both student and teachers to ensure success of the online program”. This is also true for traditional classrooms the use of online education impacted not only colleges but grade, middle, and high schools alike one of the biggest issues discussed on the topic of online learning is age and maturity an article written by Sam Dillon talks about the use of online learning in elementary and home schools. While I do agree with the statement made by Tracie Weldie, a native from Milwaukee, which home schools her three kids than there is no reason for Isabel to practice counting if she can already add not every child learns at the same rate and this will elevate, concerns the parent might have about their child being challenged to reach their full academic potential. Either the online