Creating a culture that discourages students from cheating
Tools and Techniques for Promoting Academic Integrity
From Faculty Focus
Academic integrity is always a work in progress. Whether you already have one or are working toward it, a culture that promotes honesty requires vigilance and maintenance.
Online Seminar • Thursday, December 04, 2014 • 1:00 pm Central • 60 Minutes • $349
It’s not as simple as catching a student glancing at a neighbor’s test, and there’s more to it than peeking at formulas written on wrists. If only that were all you had to worry about. Of course, cheating in higher education—like nearly all aspects of higher education—is more complex and nuanced than that. Moreover, what constitutes cheating varies from discipline to discipline and even from school to school.
That is a big part of why academic integrity is such a tricky issue. Yes, the immediate availability of research, scholarship, and other published information makes it easy for students to discover, mimic, or even outright plagiarize ideas and work. However, there is far more to the issue of academic integrity than making sure that students don’t steal materials from the Internet.
Part of the challenge is that cheating isn’t a black-and-white issue. What is reasonable and permissible in one discipline can be outright prohibited in another, and campus standards have to take those differences into account. Indeed, academic dishonesty is not a matter of absolutes—and things get murkier still. Expectations will vary from campus to campus based on the student population. The more rigorous the environment is, the more stringent the standards will be.
Administration, faculty, and staff need to appreciate these nuances. That is why you need Tools and Techniques for Promoting Academic Integrity. Led by Tom Tobin, PhD, coordinator of learning technologies at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Northeastern Illinois University, this online seminar illuminates the shades of gray inherent in academic integrity and then imparts realistic strategies for creating and establishing standards appropriate for your institution.
Students cheat when the campus culture encourages it and when the campus environment allows it. In this seminar you will learn to:
- Identify and articulate the differences of the definition of “originality” depending on the discipline
- Differentiate among the three key academic-integrity strategies (trust, verify, observe)
- Select academic-integrity tools and techniques based on course, program, and institutional needs
- Create a campus academic-integrity implementation plan
Intended Audience
No institutions are immune to cheating, but some deal with it more often and to greater degrees. No matter where your school falls on the spectrum, there are things you can do to move closer to a culture of honesty. This seminar is intended for administrators, faculty, and staff who are ready and willing to promote greater academic integrity among all campus constituents.Tools and Techniques for Promoting Academic Integrity would be particularly useful for:
- Faculty
- Instructional designers
- Teaching and learning center staff
- Administrators
Cost to Attend and What’s Included
With our new Online Seminar Package, you now get unlimited connections to the live event. That means you can share the access link with anyone at your institution so that you and your colleagues can watch the seminar from the comfort of your offices. No more having to get together as a group. Your registration also includes on-demand access for 30 days, a copy of the recording on CD, the seminar transcript, and all the handouts and supplemental materials. All for $349.An optional Campus Access License is available for an additional $200. It allows the purchasing institution to upload the CD of the seminar onto the institution’s password-protected internal website for unlimited access by the entire campus community.
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