Don't assume online students are more likely to cheat - Chris Pilgrim And Christopher Scanlon, The Conversation

Don’t assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murky.  You’d think that studying online would make it easier to cheat. But don’t jump to conclusions.  More university students are choosing to study online rather than face-to-face, prompting concerns about academic integrity. If you're tempted to cheat in face-to-face courses, even during exams, how much easier would it be to pass off work that isn't your own when you're online? But research by us and others shows how university courses are delivered is less important in predicting which students are more likely to cheat. A better predictor is students' demographic characteristics, particularly their age. https://phys.org/news/2018-07-dont-assume-online-students-evidence.html