Contract Cheating In 2014 – What Online Cheating Is Happening Today

Here is a teaching focused talk on contract cheating I delivered for the Computer Science department at the University of Sheffield. The slides, can be accessed on my SlideShare account, or viewed below. There are several new and recent examples in this presentation, with less direct focus on research results. One example includes a sting …

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An Initial Analysis Of The Contextual Information Available Within Auction Posts On Contract Cheating Agency Websites Video Presentation

Here is a presentation of a recent paper I coauthored with Robert Clarke presented in video form. The presentation muses on the detection opportunities afforded to contract cheating through a consideration of the wider context on which requests on agency sites are made. The video is also available on the YouTube account for Thomas Lancaster …

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Using Turnitin As A Tool For Attribution In Cases Of Contract Cheating

A small success from our contract cheating work. We’ve found a way to improve on percentage of assignments found on agency sites which we’re able to attribute to academic institutions. The secret? We’ve taken to running difficult to attribute assignment specifications through Turnitin, the plagiarism detection engine. It sounds counter-intuitive, but these often identity with …

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Improving Student Motivation Using Technology Within The STEM Disciplines

One of the most interesting MSc Projects I’ve supervised recently involved me working with Richard Wilkinson, looking at the ways in which technology can be used to motivate learners. We took some of the highlights from his research study at Coventry University College and made this into a paper for the HEA STEM Conference. Here’s …

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