Causes of Academic Dishonesty from literature: Craig, Federici & Buehler, 2010
Academic
- assessment design
- education about academic dishonesty
- poor understanding of citation styles
- “poor understanding of the proper use of intellectual property”
Ethical
- cutting corners
- work ethics
- cultureal differences
Personal
- personal maturity
- “poor time management skills”
- “new to college experience”
Academic dishonesty can be defined as “anything with gives students an unearned advantage academically”
- see Hart and Morgan, 2010
We also use TurnItIn.com
Encourage professors to use questions from randomized question blocks
Provide resources
- Writing Center
- Library Resources
- Endnote
One example: LockDown Browser
- students are locked down to just that browser
- highly recommended by Berlin, stop students from digitally multi-tasking during exams in class
You need to have published policies and procedures about academic dishonesty
- policies, syllabus, and enforcement
Education is key
- do this as part of orientation
- special seminars for students
- workshops for teachers
It comes down to this: “Life itself is open book”
“Open is the new normal”
- some assessment can be made out in the open so students can have their own identities
- like blogs
- I was very impressed by Dr. Alec Couros‘ presentation yesterday about how students are using their blogs