Student group work is intended to support and enhance creativity, productivity, and collaboration between students. The skills associated with successful group work are considered transferable to the workplace and are highly valued by employers across industries (Grizmek et al., 2020). Given the nuances of our new work worlds and the realities that our graduates will be likely to face complex problems that require them to navigate and negotiate solutions in teams, group work remains a worthwhile endeavour.  But the merits of group work are not limited to student work.

Artificial intelligence has exploded across the world, creating tremendous opportunities, and many questions about its ethical use and deployment in different settings. In the educational sector, it has served...

Spring cleaning is synonymous with leaving winter months behind. In the northern hemisphere, the time for spring cleaning is quickly approaching. As we declutter from the hibernation-like state experienced during the short days and limited opportunities to be outside, we clear our hearts and minds. The Cleveland Clinic gives us seven reasons spring cleaning benefits our health: feelings of accomplishment, destressing, finding peace, improving focus, reducing hazards, increasing movement, and decreasing depressive symptoms. These are wonderful reasons to clean out our living spaces, but we do not always apply these same concepts in our workspaces.

How can we s...

The ICAI annual conference is just around the corner! As I have been planning which sessions to attend and looking forward to connecting with peers from across the globe, I cannot help but to reflect on how previous conferences have impacted my own practice by helping develop programs, initiatives, and providing support. Here are three ways the ICAI conferences have influenced my office:

Online Academic Integrity Modules
In 2019, at the New Orleans conference, Jennifer Wright from the University of Central Florida presented on their new online module. This interactive module helped students understand step-by-step positions that the student and the instructor found themselves in. It also explained the expectations of the university. The module appe...

Artificial intelligence1 has existed in the academic integrity space for several years, but the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has caused the term to become synonymous with student academic misconduct. In fact, it has been banned from New York City and Seattle public schools. Teachers and higher education instructors seemingly face limited options for assessments, they can ei...

This week, I am reviewing a recent article from Educational Research Review. The full citation can be found here:

Co, M. J., Kerbage, S. H., Willetts, G., Garvey, L., Bhattacharya, A., Croy, G., and Mitchel, B. (2023). Students coping with change in higher education: An overview. Educational Research Review, 38(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100508

Using a systematic literature review process, the authors look at student coping and coping strategies within higher education. In reviewing this article, I see several parallels to academic integrity, though I admit that I am extrapolating...

La Integridad Académica es uno de los pilares formativos de la UC, por lo que busca que la comunidad universitaria avance en la construcción de una cultura basada en los valores de honestidad, veracidad, confianza, justicia, respeto y responsabilidad.

Como ya se ha comentado en este mismo blog, uno de los esfuerzos fue potenciar la Integridad Académica, implementando un protocolo para gestionar los casos identificados como potenciales faltas.  Incorporándose la elaboración de una carta que permita al estudiante realizar un ejercicio reflexivo y una entrevista personal del estudiante con el Comité.

En este artículo nos centraremos en compartir prácticas para el desarrollo de entrevistas con estudiantes en el contexto de faltas a la Integridad Académica, en l...

Desde mediados del siglo pasado las instituciones de educación superior en América del Norte y Europa han desarrollado políticas de Integridad Académica y sistemas o protocolos para abordar casos de deshonestidad académica (Academic Misconduct Managment). Por su parte, no es hasta hace algunos años que universidades de Latinoamérica han comenzado a promover activamente los valores y herramientas de la Integridad Académica en sus instituciones. En la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, producto de buenas prácticas compartidas, nuestro primer paso fue la creación de un Código de Honor en el año 2016 que dio pie a la construcción colaborativa de una Política de Integridad Académica que comenzó a regir el año 2020 con el foco puesto en la formación y el apr...

Remember the moment when, in March 2020, the COVID pandemic forced universities across the country to suddenly switch to remote instruction? At University of California San Diego, we had to pivot right in the middle of our last week of classes, before the Winter finals, because we run on the quarter system. Few of us had a well-tested strategy for remote exams and even fewer really knew what to expect. As we scrambled, a student in one of our classes, whose performance at that point had been stellar, expressed concern that others in the class might cheat. She was afraid that cheating would break the curve. Surveys showed she was not alone in this fear. And, like most instructors, we also shared the concern for maintaining a high standard of academic integrity. While we followed suggeste...

As researchers and practitioners of academic integrity, we often find ourselves in a reactionary position, redressing situations that severely impact courses, institutions, and morale. Research on proactive efforts is essential in redefining what is possible in policy and efforts to improve practice. Measures to address these inclusively are especially significant. Academic communities are more diverse than ever, and comprehensive policies that consider learning differences, cultural values, and universal design still need to be improved. Intellectual integrity demands inclusive practice.

Dr. Mary Davis, who is in the unique position of studying inclusivity in academic integrity, conducted a study while actively informing the change she hopes to see on her campus. 

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En un estudio1 de 2019, realizado por profesores de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, se indicaba que uno de los temas que aparecen repetidos, en estudios sobre integridad académica, es la desvinculación moral. Ese creo que es una de las principales causas intrínsecas de actos de deshonestidad académica. Y lo vincularía con el concepto de Arendt sobre la “banalidad del mal”, entendido como la falta de reflexión sobre las consecuencias de nuestros actos. Claro, ese concepto surge ante grandes atentados contra la humanidad, pero el sentido de fondo de relativizar el mal con base a argumentos como la obediencia o simplemente la ausencia de reflexión sobre las consecuencias de nuestros actos, es lo que creo rescatable en esta entrada.

En conversaciones co...