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Learning Link: July 8, 2010

The 21st Century cheater: Academic dishonesty in Canada's schools

Over the past decade, cheating in Canadian high-schools and post-secondary institutions has grown and evolved dramatically. CCL's new Lessons in Learning article, entitled "Liars, fraudsters and cheats: Dealing with the growth of academic dishonesty", provides an in-depth look at the current landscape of academic dishonesty, the role that technology has played in its growth and proven strategies to help address it.

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Your community's learning profile is just a click (or two) away

Access to more than 4,500 detailed community learning profiles is at your fingertips on the 2010 Composite Learning Index website. Wondering how your city, town or rural community fared against this year's top performer Victoria, B.C.? Just go to www.cli-ica.ca type your community's name into the "Find Your Community" tool and then click on "View Details" to access your profile, which includes CLI scores for the past five years, scores for each of the four learning pillars and a direct link to the interactive CLI map.

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