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Title: Danish students allowed use of internet during exams Post by: Alex on November 06, 2009, 12:05:25 PM Danish students allowed use of internet during exams
In a bizarre alteration of examination rules, the Danish government has taken the bold steps of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school exams, according to the BBC's technology page. Currently, a total of fourteen schools in the country are piloting the scheme and all schools are invited to do the same by 2011. It seems like a great deal of trust is put into the students themselves not to cheat. BBC News journalist Judy Hobson describes the Danish exam hall at Greve High School, south of Copenhagen as a strange place: "On the morning of the exam, the exam room the floor is covered in cables. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/mhlNPY1Uglw/danish-students-allowed-use-of-internet-in-exams |