What do students really understand about academic integrity? International Center for Academic Integrity 2025 Conference Presentation

How do we find out what students really think and understand about academic integrity? In this presentation, I look at work conducted with my students which goes beyond survey research.

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2. Computer Scientist
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6. Researching Academic Integrity in an Artificial Intelligence Driven World module

7. 6 January 2025Start of module –preparatory activities
15 January 2025First reflective summarydue 10%
16 January 2025First class -Initial Review
13 March 2025Researching Academic Integrity Student Conference80%
19 March 2025Final reflective summary due 10%

8. Module
background
18 minutes of video, plus summary
Concepts and
definitions
32 minutes of video, plus summary
-Types of breaches
-Policy examples
-Concept that academic integrity is for everyone
-Reflective question (pause the video)
-Positive and negative language
-Fundamental values and other definitions
-Honor codes
Recommended
reading
The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity
QAA Academic Integrity Charter

9. What does academic integrity mean for you and your discipline
and why is it important?
Here are some questions to consider that might help shape your thinking (you don't need to address
all of these):
•What did you think about academic integrity before you reviewed these materials? Has your view
changed? Are there any new aspects of academic integrity that you haven't thought of before?
•What challenges to academic integrity exist in your discipline?
•What are the consequences of academic integrity breaches in your discipline?
•Do you think academic integrity is important? If so, why? If not, why not?
•Do you plan to change any of your practice surrounding academic integrity? Do you want to
change the practice of your colleagues?
•Is academic integrity taken seriously in your discipline? This could include how you approach it,
how your peers approach it, how the staff who support you approach it, or even how you see this
happening in employment and a professional context
•Can you point to any specific examples where you saw academic integrity being promoted or
breached? What happened and how did that make you feel?

13. From 17 summaries to one class

14. And one class summary

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24. “Your focus is to identify the
consistency of my feedback and the
wide range of ideas I have covered.”

25. My feedback…

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