This may or may not be the kind of video you play, or if it is you may not finish. But, in the way that stationary cameras capturing real things can be, I think it's fascinating.
Briefly, the story goes: U of Central Florida students cheated on an exam -- or a third of them, anyhow -- and thanks to the magic of statistical analysis (believe it) they got caught. Smash cut to professor Richard Quinn giving the gut-wrenchingest lecture I have ever seen on Youtube. And I watch ... some lectures on Youtube.
Proper reporting at the Telegraph (because Europe cares) is available here. But if you have fifteen minutes, try this out. No additional research required.
Now take out a blank sheet of paper and write down how that video makes you feel.
"For those of you who took the shortcut, don't call me. Don't ask me to do anything for you, ever."
The video takes on a whole different tone when you realize the hypocrisy of the prof.
ReplyDeleteThe students didn't really cheat, they just got their hands on the textbook publisher's "testbank" of questions, and studied from it. It was only because the professor was too lazy to create his own questions that they happened to know the answers. I fail to see how using all material you can to study as qualifying as "cheating" when it is all in the public domain. On top of the fact, the professor started off the year by stating that he created all test questions himself.
If anything, the prof is the one who cheated.
Whole story is here:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/21485811928/200-students-admit-to-cheating-exam-bigger-question-is-if-it-was-really-cheating-studying.shtml