This article discusses the definition of cheating in video games, and in particular the question of whether it is possible to cheat in a single-player game. I think the considerations also apply to education. The definition Charles Joshua Horn eventually settles on is 'to gain unfair advantage over others', which means it would be impossible in a single-player game. But I play No Man's Sky, and we often share things we've built or expeditions we've run in pictures and videos online, and 'glitch' builds allow some (console) but not all (PC) players to do certain things. So I can never do the great builds and hence suffer (oh! the pain) socially. As education slowly transitions from a competitive endeavour to a, if you will, single-player game, the same considerations seem to apply. Something to think about.
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