Putting Students First in the Academic Integrity Discussion - Keynote Presentation for RMIT Teaching and Learning Festival 2022

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The whole educational community should ensure that academic integrity values are at the heart of the discussion. This community includes students. This keynote presentation, delivered for the RMIT Learning and Teaching Festival 2022, asked "what's possible", considering future challenges of academic integrity, how staff can ensure that students are supported throughout their learning journey and examples of the valuable work that students can lead on to support the wider sector. These slides are slightly edited from the original presentation to remove some RMIT specific strategic examples but the general concepts and ideas should be valuable everywhere.

Education

Putting Students First in
the Academic Integrity
Discussion
Keynote presentation for
2022 What’s Possible? RMIT L&T Festival
14 September 2022
Dr Thomas Lancaster, Imperial College London, UK
Edited version with some RMIT specific information removed

WARNING!
This presentation
contains machine
generated pictures
of students (and
teddy bears)!

From vision… To reality…
in a few clicks

Thomas Lancaster
Senior Teaching
Fellow (Student
Support)
Academic Integrity
Researcher
http://www.thomaslancaster.co.uk
@DrLancaster
Computer Scientist

The Battle?
Not a battle with
students
Is a battle for academic
integrity

What’s Possible?
What are the risks?
What can students
do?
How can we develop
our students?

There are always ways and means…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39820263

Technology
can aid
students
during exams

Some cheating methods
…and many more
Exam devices
Faked research
Exam impersonation
Collusion
Plagiarism
File sharing sites
Contract cheating
Automatic paraphrasing
Social engineering
Misrepresented effort
Text generation

Technology
and
opportunities
are always
evolving

Why Do Students Cheat?
They are being
extorted
They don’t feel a
sense of belonging
It is a financially
sensible decision
They lack the ability to
persevere
And so many more
reasons…

Academic
integrity
values are for
everyone

Does Detection Work?
Element of deterrence
Can identify a lack of understanding
of academic conventions
May identify deliberate
attempts to cheat

Detection is not a sole solution
How do we prevent
misconduct?
How do we ensure that students are
educated about integrity?
How do we build up the capability of
students for employment?

Let’s think about support
• support for students to act with integrity
• support for students who are struggling
• support with academic misconduct procedures
• support to overcome accidental misconduct
• support for academic integrity projects
• support for staff operating in a changing world

Our students
are the most
essential part
of the
academic
integrity
community

Students are
key towards
spreading
the message
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDtp8snTNNA

Students
provide
support,
advice and
mentorship
https://academicintegrity.org/programs/webinars/307-student-views-on-contract-cheating

Students contribute
to work developing
novel academic
integrity resources
https://www.qaa.ac.uk//en/membership/collaborative-enhancement-
projects/academic-integrity/the-improvement-of-student-learning-by-
linking-inclusion-accessibility-and-academic-integrity

Students are research partners
(and leaders)

… but we need to ensure that education with
integrity is more than just a production line

Can we embed academic integrity
values into everything we do?
honesty
respect responsibility courage
fairness
trust
https://academicintegrity.org/resources/fundamental-values

Can we trust our
students to lead
the way in working
with the latest
technologies?
And help to ensure that they are
prepared for the world of the future?

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