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Cheating 2.0

Academic integrity is the cornerstone of the best we have to offer in higher education. Integrity flourishes in an environment that encourages mutual respect, fairness, trust, responsibility, and a love of learning and that is maintained by safeguards like clear expectations, fair and relevant assessments, and vigilant course management (McCabe and Pavela 2004). Compelling evidence [...]

Posted 22 August 2008 † Ray Watkins § Composition § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

You’re Never Alone in Second Life

A glimpse into the world of the N-Gen’s texts seems to indicate that these learners have grown up doing the very things that traditional pedagogy discourages. When viewed in this context, the N-Gen student may appear deficient, lacking the skills necessary to succeed in the academic world. Texts that do not look like books or [...]

Posted 15 August 2008 † Ray Watkins § Online Places § Professional § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Facebook Gets all Grammatical

As Facebook grows in other languages, we are learning a lot about what the “Facebook Experience” is like for people around the world. One of the first challenges was getting words that are really long in other languages to fit on the screen properly. Recently, we’ve been figuring out how to deal with a new [...]

Posted 25 July 2008 † Ray Watkins § Online Places § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Wack is Back, Part II

BARBARA FORREST knew the odds were stacked against her. “They had 50 or 60 people in the room,” she says. Her opponents included lobbyists, church leaders and a crowd of home-schooled children. “They were wearing stickers, clapping, cheering and standing in the aisles.” Those on Forrest’s side numbered less than a dozen, including two professors [...]

Posted 14 July 2008 † Ray Watkins § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °