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  1. Added Oct 03, 2008 by icecream and 2 others
    The Internet has given unprecedented access to information, but where do we draw the line? A new Web site invites users to share old college exams online. Is it cheating — or democracy?
  2. Added Jul 14, 2008 by katiebda
    Academic cheating and dishonesty have long been a problem. But with YouTube students have discovered a new avenue for actually promoting such fraud. Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the University of California at Irvine, notes that there’s now a genre of videos that combine cheating advice with a “do-it-yourself aesthetic.” She flagged one of them Wednesday on her blog. It shows a student using a scanner and photo-editing software to make a cheat sheet on a Coke bottle.
  3. Added Jun 18, 2007 by trustteam and 1 other
    Article discusses China's gold farms, where workers play online games 12 hr/day to accumulate virtual goods that companies can sell to Western players. In the eyes of many gamers real-money trading (RMT) is essentially a form of cheating. Economist Castronova showed that the classic economic distinction between play and production has melted away. Play has begun to do real work.
  4. Added Apr 24, 2007 by katiebda and 1 other
    The Game Genie is a series of cheat cartridges designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various aspects of games, and sometimes view unused content and functions. Although there are currently no Game Genie products on the market, most video game console emulators feature Game Genie support.
  5. Added Apr 23, 2007 by katiebda and 1 other
    Video-game players often hold radically different views on what constitutes cheating. Today's digital fare represents the first time we've argued about the precise meaning of cheating.
  6. Added Apr 10, 2007 by trustteam and 1 other
    Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge against a California company hired by their school to catch cheaters, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violates copyright laws. "You can't take a person's work and run it through a computer and make an honest person out of them," Wade said. "My son's major objection is that he does not cheat, and this assumes he does.
  7. Added Mar 13, 2007 by katiebda
    Increasing droves of students are seeking late-night or last-minute homework help from online tutors, the Brigham Young University NewsNet reports, and peers and professors are asking the usual questions: Will they learn? And will they cheat?
  8. Added Feb 06, 2007 by katiebda
    In Mr. Ackerman’s view, teaching video-game development has few downsides. One challenge arose, though, when some students started lending their daily class worksheets to classmates. “We commonly refer to that as ‘cheating,’ ” he said. “They were obviously missing the point of going through the requirements of learning the ins and outs of the software so they can better manipulate the code.” The teacher now requires students to hand in their worksheets at the end of class.
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