Students accused of cheating on exams using web enabled cell phones

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: tim finin <finin () cs umbc edu>
Organization: UMBC http://umbc.edu/
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:52:00 -0500
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Students accused of cheating on exams using web enabled cell phones

Many students in my classes (and exams) keep their cell phones out and
on their desk to show the time and, I suppose, to monitor incoming
call numbers and SMS messages.  I guess with more web enabled phones
there is a lot more they can monitor! (Btw -- this is at the UMCP
(College Park) campus and not UMBC!!)
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12 UM students accused of high-tech cheating
6 admit using Web devices to link to site during exam
By Stephanie Hanes, Sun Staff, January 26, 2003
http://www.sunspot.net/news/education/bal-md.cheating26jan26,0,3792093.story
?coll=bal-local-headlines

Twelve University of Maryland undergraduates have been accused of
using Web-equipped cell phones or handheld organizers to cheat on a
business school final exam last month, according to the school's
student-run Honor Council.  Six of them have admitted to misconduct
during that same test, the council said.
...
The students in the business exam are accused of using their cell
phones and handheld computers to go to a Web site where a professor
had posted answers to the exam, Cantor said. The answers were
apparently intended for students to check their work after the final.
...
Copyright © 2003, The Baltimore Sun

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  Tim Finin, Prof Computer Science & Elect Eng, Univ of Maryland,
  Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD 21250.
  +1-410-455-3522 fax:-3969 finin () umbc edu http://umbc.edu/~finin/


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