In a non-face-to-face general education course at Korea University, a group cheating scheme using a KakaoTalk open chat room was uncovered. The school invalidated the exam results in full.
According to Korea University on the 10th, during the midterm exam for the general education course "Multidisciplinary understanding of an aging society" held on the 25th, some students shared exam questions and exchanged answers through a KakaoTalk open chat room.
The lecture is a large-scale non-face-to-face class with about 1,400 students and was conducted online without separate security software or anti-cheating measures. Korea University also received a tip that some students used artificial intelligence (AI) and is checking the facts.
The instructor announced on the 27th, "The professors were greatly shocked that this happened at a prestigious private university," and said, "We cannot overlook cheating, so we are taking the special measure of completely invalidating the midterm."
A Korea University official said, "We have responded sternly because this conduct undermines fair order," and noted, "We also plan to discuss how to run the final exam and measures to prevent cheating."
At Yonsei University as well, on the 15th, during a non-face-to-face midterm exam, cases were uncovered of students using ChatGPT and other tools to write answers, sparking controversy.