Then, we examined our online students' perceptions of cheating in reference to their participations in the group. In this mixed method research, we first investigated what motivate our students (n= 64) to create the WhatsApp group and what types of interaction they engage in as a group. As online instructors, we noticed a tendency among our online students to opt out of using our courses' formal discussion groups for their course communication, and instead, independently create a group in the social instant messaging app, WhatsApp, away from our direct observation. Yet, with this comes the challenge of maintaining academic integrity. Students' interactivity and connectedness are no longer a concern in distance education. Recent advances of communication technology have brought a myriad of advantages to distance education.
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