10-11-2012, 10:10 PM
I think it really boils down to this.
1) Don't think something if it isn't broken.
Whatever happened to that saying? Maybe everyone at SL needs to write this adage on a sticky note and put on their computer or something. I'd bet they'd get a whole lot more accomplished. Seriously though, accredited colleges and universities, across the nation, were partner schools with SL without requiring a proctored final. It seemed every newsletter I got from them, they had some new Partner College.
2) If you're going to fix something, try and fix all of it. Half way jobs don't work.
Again, everyone is wasting their time. Students all across colleges cheat. Students in SL have, and surely will cheat. No one can stop them and having a proctor won't 'fix' this cheating problem. As users have said, where there's a will, there's a way. Not to mention their students can still pass a course without passing a final. So fine, have a student cheat on the entire course, but oh, yes, take the final, be honest on that! Who cares about a final at that point? The cheater has already reaped his benefit. BTW, if SL was THAT concerned about cheating, they should consider investing some money into purchasing some Bibles for their students and giving them some sermons! Think about, to change outward actions requires an inward change first. Maybe having their students read a few excerpts from the Bible on what happens to liars and cheaters and then have a mandatory quiz would help. Believe it or not, there really was once a time in U.S. History when our government and our president endorsed the spread of the Bible, Christ, and Morality. They realized that it was the only way to truly have moral people.
3) When you fix something, think the process through and execute it well.
SL would get a 30 from if we're talking the CLEP scale!
milelol: I give them some credit for at least announcing their change, and some for allowing an alternative proctor if it can be found. Other then that, they totaled failed. How at first, they only considered Proctor U, from raising their prices, to coming on here and leaving a few canned messages (they did reply to some users, but others they just hit copy and paste), to not considering that students can pass a course without passing a final (they'll have to make some adjustment to this if they'll want to nail down the cheating), to a whole host of other issues. Poorly thought out, poorly executed.
I could go on, but those are, IMO, the 3 big issues.
1) Don't think something if it isn't broken.
Whatever happened to that saying? Maybe everyone at SL needs to write this adage on a sticky note and put on their computer or something. I'd bet they'd get a whole lot more accomplished. Seriously though, accredited colleges and universities, across the nation, were partner schools with SL without requiring a proctored final. It seemed every newsletter I got from them, they had some new Partner College.
2) If you're going to fix something, try and fix all of it. Half way jobs don't work.
Again, everyone is wasting their time. Students all across colleges cheat. Students in SL have, and surely will cheat. No one can stop them and having a proctor won't 'fix' this cheating problem. As users have said, where there's a will, there's a way. Not to mention their students can still pass a course without passing a final. So fine, have a student cheat on the entire course, but oh, yes, take the final, be honest on that! Who cares about a final at that point? The cheater has already reaped his benefit. BTW, if SL was THAT concerned about cheating, they should consider investing some money into purchasing some Bibles for their students and giving them some sermons! Think about, to change outward actions requires an inward change first. Maybe having their students read a few excerpts from the Bible on what happens to liars and cheaters and then have a mandatory quiz would help. Believe it or not, there really was once a time in U.S. History when our government and our president endorsed the spread of the Bible, Christ, and Morality. They realized that it was the only way to truly have moral people.
3) When you fix something, think the process through and execute it well.
SL would get a 30 from if we're talking the CLEP scale!
milelol: I give them some credit for at least announcing their change, and some for allowing an alternative proctor if it can be found. Other then that, they totaled failed. How at first, they only considered Proctor U, from raising their prices, to coming on here and leaving a few canned messages (they did reply to some users, but others they just hit copy and paste), to not considering that students can pass a course without passing a final (they'll have to make some adjustment to this if they'll want to nail down the cheating), to a whole host of other issues. Poorly thought out, poorly executed. I could go on, but those are, IMO, the 3 big issues.
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