Academic Misconduct In Distance Learning - eLearning Industry

Exam cheating is as ancient a practice as education itself. Back in ancient China, cheating on the Imperial exams was a serious offense. And yet a Qing dynasty cheatsheet--in the shape of a handkerchief with 10,000 symbols in microscopic writing--is on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, showing that students have always been inclined to borrow knowledge and ideas. Exam cheating is as ancient a practice as education itself. Historically, students could attempt to use their own handwriting as false proof of originality, but now the digital age has changed that.