Proactive Strategies for Promoting Academic Integrity

PROACTIVE STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

LISA MARIE JOHNSON, [email protected]

18TH ANNUAL SLOAN-C INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – ORLANDO, FL, USA

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

What is it?

DEFINING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

You are an academic if you are associated with an academy. An academy is commonly defined as a college or other organization focused on education.

To have integrity commonly means to act with honesty.

Thus, academic integrity can be defined as acting honestly in all college related activities. Although definitions and policies for academic integrity vary, they always involve an expectation for honesty.

CCCOnline. (2010). Student academic integrity tutorial. links.ccconline.org/integrity

APPLYING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Life

Informal Learning

Formal

Learning

ADDRESSING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Institutional Level

Program Level

Course Level

Activity Level

Policing

Prevention Ethical

Lorenzetti, J. P. (2010, May). Combating online dishonesty with communities of integrity. Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education – www.facultyfocus.com

POLICING

Identify the infraction

Prove the infraction

Punish the infraction

Should long term records of acts of dishonesty persist in the academic transcript?

Is knowledge of habitual cheating a legitimate educational interest among faculty? (e.g., FERPA)

PREVENTION

Constructing pathways to honestyConstructing barriers to dishonesty

Available and usable policies & procedures(e.g., honor pledges, honor codes)

Use of software to deter ... and police

Assessment design to promote authentic demonstrations of knowledge and skill

ETHICAL

How do we...

Encourage self-regulation and motivation for honesty?

Instill value and accountability for the community?

classroom

program

Institution

societal

PROMOTING ACADEMY INTEGRITY... WITH DESIGN STRATEGIES

Make information on academic integrity very easy to find ... Everywhere, be redundant!

Include ethics instruction within curriculum

Discuss academic integrity at orientation programs and events using examples

Provide resources for “study skills”

S T R AT E G I E S

University of Texas Telecampus & FacultyFocus. (2010, May). 91 ways to maintain academic integrity in online courses.

Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education – www.facultyfocus.com

Assign an academic integrity liaison to support faculty

Link to information about academic integrity on your campus website

Require students to read and agree to the campus academic integrity policy

Provide students with a writing handbook

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Ask students to restate the academic integrity policy (this can also be used as a writing sample)

Include a lesson on academic integrity – especially in introductory courses

Include a lesson on avoiding plagiarism

Use case-studies and scenarios to give meaning to integrity as a process

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Provide opportunities for students to apply their values to decision-making as a part of case studies, current events or historical issue assignments

Include an ethical decision-making case study within your course

Have a syllabus quiz that includes an academic integrity statement

Develop a class honor code at the start of the semester

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Believe and act as though a culture of academic integrity exists

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Use originality checking software and learn how to interpret the results

Promote authentication measures by using drafting and collaborative activity staged throughout the term and assessments

Compare student writing samples across your course e.g., a spontaneous sample collected at the start of a course

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Use authentic forms of assessment rather than traditional high-stakes exams/quizzes and knowledge-level testing.

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AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT OPTIONS

Teaching Activities (n.d.). Illinois Online Network http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/

o Article (Journal) Critiqueso Audio Recordingso Bloggingo Brainstormingo Case-Based Instructiono Concept Mappingo Debateo Document Analysiso Fieldwork/Apprenticeshipo Gamingo Group Problem Solvingo Group Reportso Hypothetical Situationso Interviews

o Journalingo Literature Reviewo Multimedia Presentation so Peer Editing / Reviewo Portfolioso Presentationso Quizzing (APPLICATION)o Reflectionso Role Playingo Simulationso Socratic Dialogueo Student generated Q & A o Webquesto Wikis / Collaborative Authoring

RESOURCES CCCOnline. (2010). Student academic integrity tutorial. links.ccconline.org/integrity

Faculty Focus (2010). Special Report: Promoting academic integrity in online education. Magna Publication. facultyfocus.com

WCET (2009). Best practices to promote academic integrity in online education. wcet.wiche.edu

PROACTIVE STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

LISA MARIE JOHNSON, [email protected]

18TH ANNUAL SLOAN-C INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – ORLANDO, FL, USA