- 1. Academic Integrity Standards: Aligning policy and practice
in Australian universities ALTC Priority Project 2010-2012 Tracey
BretagProject Leader Julianne East, Margaret Green, Colin James,
Ursula McGowan, Lee Partridge, Margaret Wallace and Ruth Walker
with Saadia MahmudProject Manager Presentation to UEC at the
University of Wollongong 4 thMay 2011
2. overview
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- University of Wollongongs recent involvement in academic
integrity (AI) activities and project development
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- Introduction to the Academic Integrity Standards ALTC priority
project (2010-2012)
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- the projects research questions and process
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- what have we done so far?
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- future stages of research
3. background to UOWs involvement
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- 2006 ESDF funded project with to investigate
curriculum-integrated approaches to developing skills in accessing,
appraising and appropriately acknowledging resources and using
resources to support arguments (develop critical thinking)
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- 2007 ESDF funded project to bring together several different,
but related projects on academic integrity, support networking
opportunities and conduct a University of Wollongong Academic
Integrity Symposium
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- 2007 UOW won bid to host 4 thAsia Pacific Conference on
Educational Integrity (4APCEI) in 2009
4. APFEI website 5. conferences
- APFEI international bi-annual conferences held in 2003, 2005,
2007 and 2009.
- conference themes shifted from plagiarism as the central focus,
to changing contexts of education with the impact of new media
& internationalisation, sharing best teaching & learning
strategies
- next conference (5APCEI) to be held at the University of
Western Australianin 2011
6. how did the ALTC project happen?
- The Asia Pacfic Forum on Educational Integrity (APFEI)
- increasing involvement of UOW staff in APFEI following
successful 4APCEI at UOW in 2009
- Ruth Walker (Deputy Co-Chair with Tracey Bretag 2010; Co-Chair
with Tracey Bretag 2011), David Griffith (Chair 2010), and Margaret
Wallace (committee member 2010-11)
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- ThisALTC Priority Project (2010-2012) will provide exemplars
and resources that can be used in UOW to augment existing academic
integrity resources and make a stronger alignment between policy
and actual practice
7. ALTC project development
- Discussionsince 2008 about inconsistency of AI policies
- Members of research team all members of APFEI
- Six universities involved:
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- University of South Australia (lead institution)
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- The University of Adelaide
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- The University of Newcastle
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- The University of Western Australia
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- Successful grant application:2010 ALTC Priority Project
8. the projects research questions
- What are Australian universitiespolicies and proceduresfor
academic integrity breaches?
- Whatresponses to breachesof academic integrity are actually
implemented in practice?
- What isgood practicein aligning academic integrity policy with
teaching and learning strategies?
- How could aculture of academic integritybe more effectively
fostered in the current Australian higher education context?
9. process
- Academic integritypolicydata collection and analysis
- Academic integritybreach datacollection and analysis (from the
six participating universities)
- I nterviewsandfocus groupsof academic integrity stakeholders
and astudent survey
- Drafting ofexemplarsin collaboration with team members,
academic integrity breach decision-makers and Colloquium
experts.
- Development and dissemination ofteaching and learning
resources.
10. the projects activities so far
- As of May 2011, the ALTC project team have focused on doing the
following:
- collect AI policies from all Australian universities
- cross-check analysis by ALTC project team
- third round to cross check analysis
- determine best 12 AI policies
- further analysis and ranking of top AI policies
11. Stage 1: analyse policies and survey students
- Determine best AI policies OR best elements from a range of AI
polices to be used in exemplar
- Survey students at 6 universities (part of Stage 3)
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- via TellUs2 online survey platform
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- students understanding of AI
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- students experience of AI process
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- best ways to educate students about AI
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- to be delivered to each of the six universities involved in the
ALTC project
13. Stage 2: collect breach data
- Sample ofbreach datafrom 6 participating universities
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- snapshot of how universities actually respond to breaches of
academic integrity
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- compare findings against the policy directions identified in
Stage 1.
- Collect information on how universities record, store and
manage academic misconduct data.
14. Stage 3: determine good practice
- with academic integrity breach decision makers at the 6
universities involved in the project
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- academic service division staff
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- administrative staff involved in managing misconduct
investigation matters
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- complementary teaching and learning resources.
- staff support and professional development resources
Stage 4: culture of integrity 16. dissemination strategies
- APFEI website and community
- Australian Quality Forum July 2011
- International Center for Academic Integrity Conference October
2011
- AALL conference, Melbourne
- 5APCEI, Perth UWA September 2011
- Colloquium with Reference Group February 2012
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- establish shared understanding of AI
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- refine and finalise exemplars
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- contribute to practical teaching and learning resources
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- Provide opportunities for collaboration
- ALTC project report (open access) June 2012
17. whats next for UOW?
- please promote the online survey to students well send you
information that you can provide in class or online and there will
be posters and announcements to students around campus
- respond to our requests for interviews and focus group
participation over the next few weeks
- read our newsletter and share with colleagues
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- For more informationabout this ALTC project on Academic
Integrity Standards, please contact:
- Tracey Bretag (UniSA team leader)
- Ruth Walker, Learning Development
- Margaret Wallace, Curriculum Development and Review