Keynote
The Landscape of Academic Integrity in Canada
Amanda McKenzie
Director, Quality Assurance (Academic Programs), University of Waterloo
Board of Directors, International Center For Academic Integrity (ICAI)
Amanda will briefly review academic integrity (AI), the core values behind it, how the treatment/response to academic misconduct has changed over the past few years, as well as current issues that educational institutions are facing in AI, and she will summarize with best practices.
Workshop
Academic Integrity Matters: Successful Learning with Mobile Technology
Amanda McKenzie
Director, Quality Assurance (Academic Programs), University of Waterloo
Tony Tin
Director, Library and Information Services
Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Colleges and universities often struggle to determine the best way to introduce tenets of academic integrity into pedagogical content. With the persistence of cases of student cheating in higher education, significant efforts undertaken by institutions encourage students to participate in learning about academic integrity (Boehm, Justice & Weeks, 2009; Carroll, 2007; Ludeman, 2005). Academic misconduct is on the rise despite these well-intentioned efforts (Dee & Jacob, 2012).
To resolve this challenge, we developed Integrity Matters; an open access, mobile academic integrity (AI) application for any time, anywhere AI learning. It encourages integrity through value-based active learning to inspire positive change that supports student academic success. Six AI lessons educate students about the values of honesty, trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, and courage, which form the basis of academic integrity (The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity, 1999). This interactive content includes diverse student ‘real-life’ scenarios, animated videos and structured quizzes. Students are awarded an e-certificate and a digital badge upon successful completion of the application.
In this workshop, best strategies are shared from a study that included 800+ undergraduate students who provided feedback about accessing and learning AI information with this tool. Participants will have an opportunity to try out the mobile Integrity Matters academic integrity application. Through guided discussion, participants will consider approaches to implement the study of AI directly into their own courses or a broader program-wide curriculum.
References:
Boehm, P. J., Justice, M., & Weeks, S. (2009). Promoting Academic Integrity in Higher Education. Community College Enterprise. 15, (1), 45-61.
Carroll, J. (2007). A handbook for deterring plagiarism in higher education (2 Ed.). Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.
Dee, T., & Jacob, B. (2012): Rational ignorance in education. A field experiment in student plagiarism. The Journal of Human Resources, 47, (2), 397 – 434.
Fundamental Values Project. (2014). International Centre for Academic Integrity. Retrieved from http://www.academicintegrity.org/icai/resources-2.php
Ludeman, R. (2005). Student leadership and moral accountability. Journal of College and Character, 2. Retrieved January 20, 2017, from http://www.collegevalues.org/ethics.cfmin=460&d=1