Academic Dishonesty

Gail Johnson, Kelly Jones, Kenyon Knapp, Karen Lacey, and Colleen Stapleton

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What is academic dishonesty?

What is academic dishonesty?

Solicitation Buying papers Outsourcing

Cheating in Class Cheating Online Plagiarism Reusing

Assignments Other Forms?

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Solicitation: Buying Papers

21st Century College Cheating?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUJuEYw0SU

Solicitation: Outsourcing?

How often does this happen? What examples have you seen? Crossing the line from “getting help”

to “getting someone else to do your work?

Do our students actually buy papers? How do we prevent this?

Cheating in Class

Why does this happen? How does it happen? Are there gray areas

we need to define? How do we prevent

cheating? How do we respond when

it occurs?

Pros & Cons of Cheating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpwitKo9H3k

Cheating Online

Why does this happen?

How does it happen?

Are there gray areas we need to define?

How do we prevent cheating?

How do we respond when it occurs?

3 Types of Plagiarism

Intentional Overwhelming▪ Ran out time▪ Unsure how to complete assignment▪ Ignorance of subject matter▪ Not about assignment instructions; lack of academic

literacy

▪ Issues with reading, writing, synthesis, confidence, comprehension

Laziness or unprofessionalism (outsourcing)▪ Buying a paper▪ Having someone else write the paper▪ No learning taking place

3 Types of Plagiarism

Unintentional Copy / Paste / Right click to change one word Students do not understand what plagiarism

really is, especially with digital resources▪ Ignorance of plagiarism

Plagiarism used to require a lot of work How do we prevent it today?

Cultural Instinctive; Difficult to recognize until after the

fact International students Digital cultural issue? (Digital natives)

Reusing Assignments

Self-plagiarism? Do students know this is wrong? How do we explain our rationale? How do we prevent this?

Other Forms of Academic Dishonesty?

Prevention is the Best Strategy Proactive stance

Conversation with students instead of lecture Syllabus is not enough Case-based discussions and specific examples Videos

▪ Plagiarism: How to avoid it (from Bainbridge College) ▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y&feature=related

Student-created videos and animations▪ Xtranormal (http://www.xtranormal.com)

What do our students tell us? What are your suggestions and strategies?

Issues must be addressed

Sanctions & Notifications

Academic Integrity Council

Group Discussion

Questions? Comments Strategies Ideas Conversations