Learning with honesty in the online arena

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Learning with honesty in the online arena! It is the age of technology and it has almost been over a decade that education system has adapted to the fashion of online education. Now days even in many institutions when exams are being conducted it is given by sitting in front of the desktop. However internet connection is generally deactivated if required but the online exams which are held in case of students who pursue online courses do they really cheat when they give their exams online? Usually there are high chances that a student will cheat while giving their exam as they have the internet connection active and if they cannot answer a question they can easily look through some pages and copy their answer. Misconception- Students Cheat Image courtesy: http://goo.gl/riC3u

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There are high chances that students doing their courses online would get tempted to cheat during their online exam as they have the free access to the internet. But not necessary that they would give into cheating, as most of them have prepared them in such a way that they do not need to cheat when they sit for their exams. They are given ample time to do their studies as online way of learning follows a flexible routine of learning.

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Learning with honesty in the online arena!

It is the age of technology and it has almost been over a decade that education system has adapted to the fashion of online education. Now days even in many institutions when exams are being conducted it is given by sitting in front of the desktop.

However internet connection is generally deactivated if required but the online exams which are held in case of students who pursue online courses do they really cheat when they give their exams online? Usually there are high chances that a student will cheat while giving their exam as they have the internet connection active and if they cannot answer a question they can easily look through some pages and copy their answer.

Misconception- Students Cheat

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But you are proven wrong as it is a misconception to assume that students cheat when appearing for online classes. Unlike traditional classes they are not subjected to rigorous class rules and they do not have that strict deadline to complete their assignments.

Distance education is basically designed to fulfil the requirement of the students and to see whether they are getting time to fulfil their commitment

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towards their work and personal life. The whole tendency of this method of learning is to suit the requirement and need of the candidates.

In fact students who are enrolling for online classes they have the faith in themselves that they would do their lessons diligently to obtain a degree in the course they are doing after all it is their chance to obtain a degree in the most comfortable and feasible manner.

Why there are least chances students will actually not cheat?

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First of all doing online courses means being self- dependent as you have to sketch your own schedule to do your studies. You have to take out time from your professional life to do your daily assignments. And fortunately you don’t have such strict deadline unlike traditional classes that within a few days you have to submit your work.

The online faculty does understand your problem and does its best to help you out with your studies. It makes sure that you get your course study material and is able to attend lectures through virtual classes. The video conference classes that are held to assist the students are 100% beneficial as they make all the effort to make sure that their students understand the lessons that are being taught.

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The online classes are designed according to the need off the students they do not have to follow any rules or regulation as they would have to do if were within a classroom in a college campus. They are free from any kind of learning burden. The online facilitators try to ease the pressure of studies for them. They are given assistance all time and there are several online tools that have made learning much easy for the students.

Therefore students are free from the clutches of learning like the traditional rote learners. They have the freedom of choice to do their studies and are given more time compared to campus going students. So much of facilities avoid them from getting tricked into the bad habit of cheating.