Open AccessCHEATING DURING ONLINE EXAMINATIONS – LITERATURE REVIEW
Author(s) -
Adrian Năznean
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de pedagogie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2559-639X
pISSN - 0034-8678
DOI - 10.26755/revped/2021.2/7
Subject(s) - cheating , academic dishonesty , academic integrity , psychology , social distance , empirical research , medical education , closure (psychology) , covid-19 , computer science , social psychology , political science , medicine , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of many human activities. As a result, education quickly shifted from a classroom setting to an online one, challenging educators and students alike. Multiple issues that had barely been known to educators surfaced: technophobia, lack of rules or guidelines regarding online learning, politeness in a virtual environment, limited social interaction, but some of the greatest challenges remain cheating, and academic integrity concerns during online examinations. Technological and software advances can oftentimes identify cases of academic dishonesty. However, with mass education and faculty unpreparedness it is rather problematic to combat and avoid cheating during online assessment. This mixed-methods review based on the limited empirical research on the topic of cheating during online examinations will identify the factors that lead to cheating and will discuss the best ways of combating and avoiding academic dishonesty.