Virtual Study Groups Attacked
March 7, 2008 – 9:03 amA freshman at Ryerson University in Ontario is awaiting his committee meeting to discuss a possible expulsion for… brace yourself… using Facebook to run an online study group. This group had 147 members (including himself), and he is being charged 146 charges of academic misconduct (one for every student but himself).
So, what’s the problem here? I believe that it is a failure on the part of the University to adapt to new technological trends. Instead of students sitting in the basement of the library discussing problems, they can do it over the internet.
If this type of response picks up, then students in all levels will need to be more careful. Whenever a person posts something on the internet, it is there in stone. There is no such thing as permanently deleting something anymore.