Likewise, educators at all levels are faced with the dual-edged sword of technological innovations that offer new approaches to the delivery of educational services but which have also fundamentally transformed the traditional relationship between classroom teacher and students, particularly in adult educational settings. Moreover, the combination of powerful word processing programs and the amount of information on the Internet that can be easily accessed and integrated into research projects has made academic integrity a focus of a growing number of studies in recent years as well. These issues are examined further in this study using the methodology described below.
Methods
This study used a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to develop insights into current and future trends in Internet usage, with a particular emphasis on how these trends are affected academicians....
While there was a specific effort made to incorporate the most recent studies and texts (e.g., those dated within the last 5 years) as possible for this purpose, especially on-point references that were older than 10 years were also consulted and used where appropriate. This approach is congruent with a number of social researchers who emphasize the need for a review of the relevant literature as a starting point for many types of research projects. For instance, Gratton and Jones (2003) report that a review of the relevant literature is an essential task in all types of research: "No matter how original you think the research question may be, it is almost certain that your work will be building on the work of others. It is here that the review of such existing work is important" (p. 51); however, there are limitations to this approach. As Dennis and Harris (2002) caution, "Finding the information needed
