CREATING A CULTURE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Wilmington University October 3, 2009
Goal and Objective
Goal: To create a culture that supports academic integrity in traditional and online classrooms Objectives Identify 9 general strategies Identify 7 proactive strategies in regard to writing and research assignments Identify 12 proactive strategies in regard to tests
General Traditional
Clearly define criteria for evaluating student performance Give examples of plagiarism or impermissible collaboration at the start of each new class and teach them how to appropriately cite their work. Educate the students about the distinction between plagiarism, paraphrasing and direct citations. Educate students about Wilmington University’s Academic Integrity Policy http://www.wilmu.edu/studentlife/acaddishonesty.a spx Make students aware of Smarthinking and the Student Success Center and encourage them to use their services. http://www.wilmu.edu/ssc/onlinetutoring.aspx Possibility? Develop 5-10 minute mini-lessons around the above topic-present one mini-lesson per week.
Online
Clearly define criteria for evaluating student performance Give examples of plagiarism or impermissible collaboration at the start of each new class and teach them how to appropriately cite their work. Educate the students about the distinction between plagiarism, paraphrasing and direct citations. Educate students about Wilmington University’s Academic Integrity Policy http://www.wilmu.edu/studentlife/acaddishones ty.aspx Make students aware of Smarthinking and the Student Success Center and encourage them to use their services. http://www.wilmu.edu/ssc/onlinetutoring.aspx Possibility? Develop 5-10 minute mini-lessons around the above topic-present one mini-lesson per week.
General Traditional
Assign work that is relevant and valuable; avoid busy work. Assign work around “essential questions” so that students are required to use critical thinking skills. Ask students to read, sign, and agree to the Academic Integrity Policy. In many cases students do not know they are cheating, this will ensure that students understand the policy. Grade often-don’t make any one assignment a “high stakes” assignment.
Online
Assign work that is relevant and valuable; avoid busy work. Assign work around “essential questions” so that students are required to use critical thinking skills. Ask students to read, sign, and agree to the Academic Integrity Policy. In many cases students do not know they are cheating, this will ensure that students understand the policy. Grade often-don’t make any one assignment a “high stakes” assignment.
Research/Writing Traditional
Change the topics or assignments from semester to semester Assign specific, rather than general topics During the course- schedule a variety of short in-class papers. This will allow the instructor to get a feel for the student’s writing style. Assigning only one paper does not give instructors a baseline for judging if it is the students own work.
Online Change the topics or assignments from semester to semester
Assign specific, rather than general topics During the course- schedule a variety of short in-class papers. This will allow the instructor to get a feel for the student’s writing style. Assigning only one paper does not give instructors a baseline for judging if it is the students own work.
Research/Writing Traditional
During the course-require the students to submit their work in increments-topic, outline, draft, final paper. Hold writing conferences with students throughout the course so that you can see student’s ideas progress. Keep a copy of the corrected papers each semester After handing in the final paper, ask students to write a reflection paper. Have them reflect on the process and the things that they have learned by writing the paper. Support the students by continually referring them to Smarthinking or the Student Success Center.
Online
During the course-require the students to submit their work in increments-topic, outline, draft, final paper. Hold writing conferences with students throughout the course so that you can see student’s ideas progress. Keep a copy of the corrected papers each semester After handing in the final paper, ask students to write a reflection paper. Have them reflect on the process and the things that they have learned by writing the paper. Support the students by continually referring them to Smarthinking or the Student Success Center.
Tests Traditional
If space allows, seat students in alternate chairs
Online
Develop a test bank of questions and change the exam questions as often as is practical.
Return exams and assignments to students in person.
Number the exams and make sure that all are accounted for at the end of the class.
Provide alternate versions of the test and color code each version. Strategically hand out the tests so that students seated next to each other do not receive the same test. Provide in-class tests, rather than take home tests.
Use test formats that require more than recall of facts (short answer, essay, etc.) Develop a test bank of questions and change the exam questions as often as is practical. Place all questions in the test in a pool and randomize the pool. Ask questions that do not have set answers (essential question strategy/inquiry based learning). Use timed tests. Utilize the “Lockdown Browser” feature in Bb. http://www.wilmu.edu/instructionaltec h/PDF/Using_the_LockDownBrowser_fo r_Students.pdf Use personal reflection questions.
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