Dear Mr. Almas!
You pointed to an important topic. I hope I could trust, but I have seen worrying signs:
1) Amzalag, M., Shapira, N. & Dolev, N. Two Sides of the Coin: Lack of Academic Integrity in Exams During the Corona Pandemic, Students' and Lecturers' Perceptions. J Acad Ethics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-021-09413-5 Free access: Article Two Sides of the Coin: Lack of Academic Integrity in Exams D...
2) Miron, J., Eaton, S.E., McBreairty, L. et al. Academic Integrity Education Across the Canadian Higher Education Landscape. J Acad Ethics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-021-09412-6 Free access: Article Academic Integrity Education Across the Canadian Higher Educ...
3) Lina Elsalem et al. (2021). Remote E-exams during Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of students’ preferences and academic dishonesty in faculties of medical sciences, Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 62, February 2021, Pages 326-333, Free access: Article Remote E-exams during Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional s...
4) Reedy, A., Pfitzner, D., Rook, L. et al. Responding to the COVID-19 emergency: student and academic staff perceptions of academic integrity in the transition to online exams at three Australian universities. Int J Educ Integr 17, 9 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-021-00075-9 Free access: Article Responding to the COVID-19 emergency: student and academic s...
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
What are online test banks and what do they have to do with academic integrity?
In this blog series, we have explored emerging trends in academic misconduct, including the use of word spinners and electronic cheating devices. These trends are being seen worldwide and have been increasing in usage as many institutions transition to remote learning environments. In this post, we dive into the world of online test banks and highlight the ways in which they can negatively impact the academic integrity of student work, as well as ways to mitigate their effect on student learning...
https://www.turnitin.com/blog/what-are-online-test-banks-and-what-do-they-have-to-do-with-academic-integrity
Students were twice as likely to cheat in online exams following the rapid switch to digital assessment last summer, a survey suggests...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/students-twice-likely-cheat-online-exams?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily
Competition and exposure to market forces can make it difficult for researchers to conduct their work with integrity. Some research organizations must acquire most of their funding through commissioned research, providing research services for paying clients. Studying such organizations can give insight into how researchers try, and sometimes fail, to balance academic norms with the need to secure funding...
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Sweden started a new national academic integrity board (NPOF).
Universities are still permitted to examine cases themselves, but now have a place to refer complicated cases. Decisions of NPOF can be appealed to the Administrative Court in Uppsala...
The 68-page, richly illustrated report notes in the introduction that so many of the cases that were investigated actually involved personal conflicts or other kinds of problems, in particular authorship questions...
The report includes much reflection on how the universities found this switch to a new body and how the body itself saw the problems that the universities have. It will be interesting to see how the work of NPOF continues in the future!
https://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2021/08/swedish-national-academic-integrity.html
In a digital era, academics’ time would be far better spent on assessment, curation and mentoring, than creating free content, says Terry Young, an emeritus professor at Brunel University London...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/content-free-universities-should-stop-producingit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily
How can institutions maintain academic integrity when students are so willing to cheat?
Many students can lack the confidence and skills they need to produce academic assignments to a high enough standard and despite universities offering academic support, they outsource their work to contract cheating services...
https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/higher-education-educators/training-and-support/training-support-digital-products/tackling-essay-mills.html?utm_source=thenewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GBHEGN0821STAI
Empower students to do their best, original work.
In a time when information is instantly available and content creation is a few clicks away, academic integrity can easily become a grey area for students. Explicitly cultivating skills and concepts associated with academic integrity and providing feedback throughout the research and writing process can build a culture of academic honesty in classrooms. This guide contains resources on how to build a culture of academic honesty before, during and after the writing process...
The problem comes from the students because it is not easy to control them online especially in the exams . But I think the universities do their best in the process of education.
I make a more conservative analysis on the subject, it seems to me that it is much more an ethical issue and one of the student's nature.
The new platforms for disseminating knowledge will be part of everyday life in the academic environment, including ways to ensure certain standards of conduct. However, the responsibility of the student and the teacher will have to be reconsidered.
“Isaac Newton said that scientists see further by standing on the shoulders of giants. So it’s vital to know whose shoulders we can trust. And we should definitely avoid giants whose shoulders have been photoshopped.” - In her acceptance speech for the John Maddox Prize, science-integrity advocate Elisabeth Bik called for journals to do more to deal with problematic papers...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01363-z
What is the social impact of academic integrity?
Join us on a journey of integrity, lifelong learning, and inclusiveness. We'll highlight the importance of encouraging moral values early on in our lives, and why creating a sustainable and inclusive learning or research environment in which students and researchers can collaborate across borders is important for society as a whole...
https://www.turnitin.com/events/emea/summit-europe-2021-on-demand#dennis
Is the university really a community?
As the season of goodwill comes around again, warm words about collegiality and fellowship have been dutifully corralled into all-staff missives from university leaders. But in an era of management, metrics and industrial unrest, does the image of the academy as a commonwealth of scholars still bear scrutiny?
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/university-really-community?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily
Review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes at universities typically assess candidates along three dimensions: research, teaching, and service. In recent years, some have argued for the inclusion of a controversial fourth criterion: collegiality. While collegiality plays a role in the morale and effectiveness of academic departments, it is amorphic and difficult to assess, and could be misused to stifle dissent or enforce homogeneity...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.05.475103v1
Academic & university professor take quite good care for the student passing through pandemic period & in certain cases quite good students have been given online study to make the continuous progress.Student on their online study have to take much care & have to spend much more time in their study matter as in certain cases they have to contact their teachers .
This is my personal opinion
Public speaking often comes with costs. But Devi Sridhar was shocked by the personal attacks and suspicious packages she received after her TV appearances on pandemic public health. The 37-year-old Miami-born academic gets a daily torrent of vitriol from lockdown sceptics and anti-vaxxers, who regularly accuse her of “narcissism” and “egotism”. “When you work in public health, we are always the good guys,” she tells THE. “Suddenly you go from that to being a villain, with people claiming you’ve caused destruction in some way. It was difficult at first, possibly because I couldn’t understand it.” Her recent book Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World and How to Stop the Next One asks whether academics will be willing to enter the fray in the next pandemic, and she suggests that universities think about including public outreach more explicitly in their promotion and hiring criteria. “Universities shouldn’t be creating cookie-cutter academics – some will be really good at teaching, or at communicating with students, while others are fantastic at raising money and writing grants, but there are others who are skilled at going out to the public or advising governments,” she says. “You cannot expect one person to do all of that, and do it well.”
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devi-sridhar-pandemic-vitriol-has-taken-its-toll?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily
Zero cheating is a pipe dream, but we still need to push academic integrity
Key points for institutions to consider when creating systems that encourage academic integrity among students...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/zero-cheating-pipe-dream-we-still-need-push-academic-integrity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily
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