You’d think that studying online would make it easier to cheat. But don’t jump to conclusions. Christin Hume/Unsplash July 26, 2018 Don’t assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murky Chris Pilgrim, Swinburne University of Technology and Christopher Scanlon, Swinburne University of Technology Online students tend to be older, which might explain why new data suggest they’re less likely to cheat. But even with these data, the evidence is mixed.