DISHONESTY IN ONLINE LEARNING: DISTANCE LEARNING PERSPECTIVES DURING PANDEMIC

Year 2023, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 108 - 119, 01.04.2023

Pasca Dwi Putra Andri Zaınal Roza Thohırı

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1022365

Abstract

Academic dishonesty has become a serious concern, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic era, where online learning is left as a single option in almost all academic activities. Lack of graduate ethics has an impact on attitudes in the workplace. Therefore, it is important to introduce academic integrity to students in higher education to foster an attitude of honesty in the world of work, especially ethics. Online lectures encourage students to violate academic integrity due to the lack of direct interaction and administration. This study aims to see the level of academic dishonesty that occurs during online lectures. The research was conducted by the Faculty of Economics and Business, public and private universities. The number of samples is 431 students of economics and business. We examine the effect of lecture administration, lecturerstudent interaction, and learning satisfaction on the impact of academic dishonesty. The results showed that clear administration and good interaction between lecturers and students would increase student learning satisfaction and reduce academic dishonesty. But the satisfaction that students want to achieve does not have a significant effect on the level of academic dishonesty. Implications for practice are discussed and future research directions are offered.

Keywords

Academic dishonesty, administration, Lecturer-student Interaction, learning satisfaction, Distance learning

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