To share experiences and strategies to promote academic integrity, Universidad de Monterrey in collaboration with Universidad EAFIT from Colombia, Universidad Panamericana, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Tecnológico de Monterrey and endorsed by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) and the European Network of Academic Integrity (ENAI). held the 9th Academic Integrity Conference "Integrity: a constant challenge" this past October 7 and 8.
This event was completely online and had the participation of more than 1000 attendees from around the world, including Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Canada, Panama, Argentina, United States, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, South Korea, Italy, Turkey, among others.
Teachers, students and administrators of educational institutions for secondary and higher education were able to hear from experts on the subject of academic integrity different ideas and resources to implement within their institutions to foster a culture of integrity.
To name a few, we were joined by Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, from University of Calgary in Canada, who talked about how to create communities of integrity by engaging ethically for learning. Dr. Rubén Comas-Forgas from Universidad de las Islas Baleares in Spain, share about plagiarism and strategies against academic dishonesty.
Dr. Zeenath Khan from the University of Wollongong in Dubai, shared some reflections on organizing an academic integrity camp to preparing K-12 students for higher education and Dr. Camilla Roberts, from Kansas State University in United States, highlighted the importance of trust in creating a culture of integrity.
Other important speakers shared with the attendees various topics and research results in simultaneous conferences and panels during these two days. You can check the full program of the lectures given here:
We hope you can join us for our tenth edition of this conference next year.
Thanks to all who attended! Let's continue working together to live academic integrity!
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