IN & BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Students have been doodling since the days of chalk and slate, but the ability to check the weather or game scores or the headline news from their laptops during class puts an unprecedented barrier between the student and the instructor. 
                                                                        Quote from Distractions in the Wirless Classroom

General admonitions to 'avoid cheating' are relatively ineffective.  Help students distinguish between acceptable and unaceptable behavior by giving examples of  plagiarism, impermissible collaboration, and other practices.
                                                                               from Tools for Teaching, Chapter 38

Topic 13  -  Classroom dynamics, Classroom disruption, Ethical issues

        Class topics:

- The multimedia classroom and reaching the “cellphone generation”
- Student behavior in the classroom -- disruptive and otherwise
- Why and how to address cheating and plagiarism issues and incidents
 

READING PREPARATION:

For April 27th -- prepare for our class on "Classroom Dynamics, Disruption, and Ethics"
by reviewing these readings:

• In Tools for Teaching, read chapters 33 (Mobile Learning)  & 38 (Promoting Academic Honesty)

          Note: for some Chronicle of Higher Education articles, you will need to be logged in on campus or via VPN 

- Distractions in the Wireless Classroom [pdf] by Michael J. Bugeja
from:  The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 26, 2007 
http://chronicle.com/article/Distractions-in-the-Wireless/46664/

- Five Tips for Dealing with Gadgets in the Classroom
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct 22, 2009 
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/five-tips-for-dealing-with-gadgets-in-the-classroom/22782

  - Modeling Technology in the Classroom: A Student’s Guide
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug 28, 2009 
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/modeling-technology-in-the-classroom-a-students-guide/22669

-  Divided Attention -- In an age of classroom multitasking, scholars probe the nature of learning and memory   The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb 28, 2010 
http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746/

 

- OIA's Resource page on Threatening Behavior in the Classroom:
http://oia.arizona.edu/resource/threatening-behavior-classroom

         Student Disruptive and Threatening Behavior Guidelines for Faculty and Staff
http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/disruptiveandthreateningstudentguidelines

- OIA's Resource page on Plagiarism
http://oia.arizona.edu/content/plagiarism

         A sobering piece on plagiarism in academia -- has anything changed since 1995?
Plagiarism is worse than mere theft [pdf]  Maddox, J. (1995) Nature v 376:721

         - About Turnitin.com:

- Turnitin Help Center for Instructors
http://www.turnitin.com/static/helpCenter/hcInst.php

-  Plagiarism.org - a resource that digs into many aspects of this issue
http://www.plagiarism.org/