Collaborative presentation for faculty retreat

1. Gail Johnson, Kelly Jones, Kenyon Knapp, Karen Lacey, and Colleen Stapleton
Graphics copied from Google Images (search term = “academic dishonesty”)

3.  Solicitation
 Buying papers
 Outsourcing
 Cheating in Class
 CheatingOnline
 Plagiarism
 ReusingAssignments
 Other Forms?

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5. 21st Century College Cheating?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUJuEYw0SU

6.  How often does this happen?
 What examples have you seen?
 Crossing the line from “getting help” to
“getting someone else to do your work?
 Do our students actually buy papers?
 How do we prevent this?

7.  Why does this happen?
 How does it happen?
 Are there gray areas
we need to define?
 How do we prevent
cheating?
 How do we respond
when it occurs?
 Pros & Cons of Cheating:
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=dpwitKo9H3k

8.  Why does this happen?
 How does it happen?
 Are there gray areas
we need to define?
 How do we prevent
cheating?
 How do we respond
when it occurs?

9.  Intentional
 Overwhelming
▪ Ran out time
▪ Unsure how to complete assignment
▪ Ignorance of subject matter
▪ Not about assignment instructions; lack of academic literacy
▪ Issues with reading, writing, synthesis, confidence, comprehension
 Laziness or unprofessionalism (outsourcing)
▪ Buying a paper
▪ Having someone else write the paper
▪ No learning taking place

10.  Unintentional
 Copy / Paste / Right click to change one word
 Students do not understand what plagiarism really
is, especially with digital resources
▪ Ignorance of plagiarism
 Plagiarism used to require a lot of work
 How do we prevent it today?
 Cultural
 Instinctive; Difficult to recognize until after the fact
 International students
 Digital cultural issue? (Digital natives)

11.  Self-plagiarism?
 Do students know this is wrong?
 How do we explain our rationale?
 How do we prevent this?
 Other Forms of Academic Dishonesty?

12.  Proactive stance
 Conversation with students instead of lecture
 Syllabus is not enough
 Case-based discussions and specific examples
 Videos
▪ Plagiarism: How to avoid it (from Bainbridge College)
▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y&feature=related
 Student-created videos and animations
▪ Xtranormal (http://www.xtranormal.com)
 What do our students tell us?
 What are your suggestions and strategies?

13.  Sanctions & Notifications
 Academic Integrity Council

14.  Questions?
 Comments
 Strategies
 Ideas
 Conversations