Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(2):102-111 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.015

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR SCHOOL CHEATING IN HIGH SCHOOLS

Jarmila HONZÍKOVÁ^*, Petr SIMBARTL, Ján BAJTOŠ

Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, Česká republika

Vysoká škola DTI, Slovenská republika

The issue of school cheating has been a very current and discussed topic since the second half of the last century. The existing modern technologies and, in fact, an unlimited students’ access to the Internet provide new opportunities to get learning materials, to make their studies easier. At the same time, these possibilities allow students to find new ways to cheat in the school environment. The cheating range, using information and communication technology, is really wide, from commonly used computers up to smartwatch. To the question, what school cheating opportunities are preferred by high school students in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, we are trying to find out in our research study.

Keywords: school cheating, digital technology, high school students

Received: May 12, 2020; Revised: August 17, 2020; Accepted: August 24, 2020; Prepublished online: September 13, 2020; Published: February 1, 2021  Show citation