Dr. Shannon Farris featured in Military Advanced Education Journal

Virtual Integrity

Do online courses pose a greater risk to academic honor codes?

By J.B. Bissel

One thing that I’ve found with plagiarism is that the majority of students aren’t doing it intentionally,” Farris continued. “They just don’t know enough about the writing style that they’re supposed to be using and they’re unintentionally plagiarizing. Some professors will say, ‘go to the manual,’ but that’s not enough.

Dr. Shannon Farris

There is no arguing the fact that maintaining academic integrity in a virtual classroom environment can be a bit of a concern. While critics often cite the ways one might cheat the system as a reason for dismissing its relevance, professors and administrators who work in the world of cyber schooling see things quite differently.

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