Cheating in online courses: Evidence from online proctoring

Computers in Human Behavior Reports

R. Stockton Maxwell¹  Seife Dendir² 

[1]Corresponding author.

[2]Department of Economics, Radford University, USA

关键词: Academic dishonesty;    Cheating;    Online proctoring;    Webcam proctoring;    Online courses;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study revives the unsettled debate on the extent of academic dishonesty in online courses. It takes advantage of a quasi experiment in which online proctoring using a webcam recording software was introduced for high-stakes exams in two online courses. Each course remained the same in its structure, content and assessments before and after the introduction of online proctoring. Analysis of exam scores shows that online proctoring was associated with a decrease in average performance in both courses. Furthermore, the decrease in scores persists when accounting for potential confounding factors in a regression framework. Finally, in separate regressions of exam performance on student characteristics, the regression explanatory power was higher for scores under proctoring. We interpret these results as evidence that cheating took place in the online courses prior to proctoring. The results also imply that online proctoring is an effective tool to mitigate academic dishonesty in online courses.

【 授权许可】

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