Proactive Strategies for Promoting Academic Integrity

PROACTIVE STRATEGIES
TO PROMOTE
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

LISA MARIE JOHNSON, PHD
LISAMARIE.JOHNSON@ASHFORD.EDU

18TH ANNUAL SLOAN-C INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE – ORLANDO, FL, USA

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

What is it?

DEFINING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
You are an academic if you are associated with an academy. An
academy is commonly defined as a college or other organization focused
on education.

To have integrity commonly means to act with honesty.

Thus, academic integrity can be defined as acting honestly in all college
related activities. Although definitions and policies for academic
integrity vary, they always involve an expectation for honesty.

CCCOnline. (2010). Student academic integrity tutorial.
links.ccconline.org/integrity

APPLYING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Formal
Learning

Informal
Learning

Life

ADDRESSING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

 Institutional Level

Policing
 Program Level

 Course Level
Prevention
Ethical
 Activity Level

Lorenzetti, J. P. (2010, May). Combating online dishonesty with communities of integrity.
Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education – www.facultyfocus.com

POLICING

Identify the Prove the Punish the
infraction infraction infraction

 Should long term records of acts of dishonesty persist in the
academic transcript?

 Is knowledge of habitual cheating a legitimate educational
interest among faculty? (e.g., FERPA)

PREVENTION
 Constructing pathways to honesty
Constructing barriers to dishonesty

 Available and usable policies & procedures
(e.g., honor pledges, honor codes)

 Use of software to deter ... and police

 Assessment design to promote authentic
demonstrations of knowledge and skill

ETHICAL
classroom
How do we...

 Encourage self-regulation and program
societal
motivation for honesty?

 Instill value and accountability Institution
for the community?

PROMOTING ACADEMY INTEGRITY
... WITH DESIGN STRATEGIES

 Make information on academic
integrity very easy to find ... S T R AT E G I E S
Everywhere, be redundant!

 Include ethics instruction within
curriculum

 Discuss academic integrity at
orientation programs and events using
examples

 Provide resources for “study skills”

University of Texas Telecampus & FacultyFocus. (2010, May).
91 ways to maintain academic integrity in online courses.

 Assign an academic integrity liaison to
support faculty S T R AT E G I E S

 Link to information about academic
integrity on your campus website

 Require students to read and agree to
the campus academic integrity policy

 Provide students with a writing
handbook


 Ask students to restate the academic
integrity policy (this can also be used S T R AT E G I E S
as a writing sample)

 Include a lesson on academic integrity
– especially in introductory courses

 Include a lesson on avoiding
plagiarism

 Use case-studies and scenarios to give
meaning to integrity as a process


 Provide opportunities for students to
apply their values to decision-making S T R AT E G I E S
as a part of case studies, current events
or historical issue assignments

 Include an ethical decision-making
case study within your course

 Have a syllabus quiz that includes an
academic integrity statement

 Develop a class honor code at the start
of the semester


 Believe and act S T R AT E G I E S

as though a
culture of
academic
integrity exists


 Use originality checking software and
learn how to interpret the results S T R AT E G I E S

 Promote authentication measures by
using drafting and collaborative
activity staged throughout the term
and assessments

 Compare student writing samples
across your course e.g., a spontaneous
sample collected at the start of a
course


 Use authentic forms S T R AT E G I E S

of assessment rather
than traditional high-
stakes exams/quizzes
and knowledge-level
testing.


AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT OPTIONS
o Article (Journal) Critiques o Journaling
o Audio Recordings o Literature Review
o Blogging o Multimedia Presentation s
o Brainstorming o Peer Editing / Review
o Case-Based Instruction o Portfolios
o Concept Mapping o Presentations
o Debate o Quizzing (APPLICATION)
o Document Analysis o Reflections
o Fieldwork/Apprenticeship o Role Playing
o Gaming o Simulations
o Group Problem Solving o Socratic Dialogue
o Group Reports o Student generated Q & A
o Hypothetical Situations o Webquest
o Interviews o Wikis / Collaborative Authoring

Teaching Activities (n.d.). Illinois Online Network
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/

RESOURCES
 CCCOnline. (2010). Student academic integrity tutorial.
links.ccconline.org/integrity

 Faculty Focus (2010). Special Report: Promoting
academic integrity in online education. Magna
Publication. facultyfocus.com

 WCET (2009). Best practices to promote academic
integrity in online education. wcet.wiche.edu

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