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Online Quizzes in the day of Siri and Alexa: Measuring the learning of the student, not the personal assistant.

Brief Paper ID: 55364
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    Olivia Miller
    University of Phoenix

Abstract: Artificial intelligence is going to school and quizzes may need to be revised to account for the use of personal assistants and Google searches by online students. This paper presents findings from a literature search exploring effective quiz mechanisms for online delivery to minimize or prevent cheating by students using digital tools. While institutions consider purchasing and implementing software solutions and wrestle with academic policy changes to define and prevent new forms of cheating, instructors can be proactive in their online courses by personalizing contact with their students, making clear what is considered cheating, creating quiz questions that are based on a scenario or application rather than knowledge or comprehension, checking all online quizzes by pretesting the test using a digital personal assistant , rethinking testing to include weekly formative quizzes allowing multiple attempts and counting under 20 percent of the grade, and setting a timer and other setting parameters for summative tests that appear one question at a time with backtracking prohibited. Taking these steps can help create an environment where academic honesty is favored over dishonesty and where digital personal assistants are not acing the course.

Presider: Nalline Baliram, Seattle Pacific University

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