Lesson+Script


 * Team 1 Lesson Script:** **//Academic Dishonesty: what motivates students to cheat, and what motivates them to be honest and do their own work?//**

This lesson has a clear timeline, with individual and group tasks clearly stated. (See due dates page within this wiki.)

This lesson is designed to encourage reflective and critical thinking skills as students research and discuss the issue of online cheating and develop a consensus for the top 5 ways to motivate students to be themselves and do their own work.

All discussion board posts will be made within the discussion board entitled Team 2 from Team 1 or Team 3 from Team 1 which can be found under Team Area in the Sakai class Discussion and Private Messages.

To begin, students are given the following questions in the discussion board: //What motivates students to cheat, and what motivates them to be themselves and do their own work?// Task 1 is instructor-directed, and has two due-dates. Each student is required to find an article pertaining to academic dishonesty and post the url of the article along with a summary to the discussion board thread entitled “Article and Summary” by July 17th at 11:59 p.m. Then each student is to give a thoughtful response to //at least// two other articles and posts from other group members using the same discussion board thread, by July 18th at 11:59 p.m.

Task 2 is student-directed, and has two due dates. Each student is to give thoughtful response in the discussion thread titled “Motivation Questions” to the two lesson questions: //What motivates students to cheat, and what motivates them to be themselves and do their own work?// by July 19th at 11:59 p.m. Then each student is to participate meaningfully in the class discussion of these questions, by reading all the other posts and giving thoughtful reponses to at least two of them by July 21st at 11:59 p.m.

Task 3 is again student-directed, with a due date. This lesson requires students to collaborate and decide where and how they will come to consensus. Students are to list the top 5 ways to positively motivate students to be themselves and do their own work, based on their discussion of the lesson questions, and post their consensus top 5 list by July 23rd at 11:59 p.m. to the discussion thread titled, “Top 5 Consensus.” One group list should be posted clearly stating this is a group consensus.

Task 4 is student-directed, with a due date. Using examples from their team discussions, students are to post a thoughtful, individual reflection to the discussion thread titled, “Reflections” on their experience with the lesson discussions and responses, whether these discussions will be of practical use for them, and any new insights they will take away from this lesson. The reflection should be completed by 11:59 PM on July 24.