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Students as Partners in Academic IntegrityPresentation by Sonia Saddiqui, Macquarie University School of Education
7APCEI 16 Nov 2015
About me
• Project Officer (MQU LTC)
• Project Manager (OLT)
• PhD student (MQU School of Education)
• (former) Academic advocacy officer (CQUSA)
• Deputy-Chair, Asia-Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity (APFEI)
• Chair, Academic Integrity Matters Ambassadors (AIMA)
In this presentation…Why, where and how students can be academic integrity partners at university
Example of partnership:Academic Integrity Matters Ambassadors @ Macquarie University
What does partnership entail?
Related concepts:
‘Engagement’, ‘participation’, ‘collaboration’, ‘consultation’, ‘stakeholder’
‘Partnership’:
Collaborative relationships between stakeholders who have a common purpose and are actively engaged in and can benefit from the process of working together (HEA – Healey, Flint and Harrington, 2014)
What does partnership in Academic Integrity entail?
Less of this
More of this
What does partnership in Academic Integrity entail?
While trying to avoid this:
How can we involve students as partners in academic integrity?
(3 domains)
Learning, teaching & research
Campus & Community
Governance
Models for partnership
Some common elements:
• Participation/engagement/partnership is used interchangeably
• A spectrum is implied
Operationalising partnership
EMPOWER/PARTNER
INVOLVE/COLLABORATE
INFORM/CONSULT
Bovill, C. and Bulley, C. J. (2011); Healey, M., Flint, A. & Harrington, K. (2014).; HEA & NUS (2011) Student Engagement Toolkit;International Association for Public Participation (2014) - IAP2’s Public Participation Spectrum.
IncreasingLevel of
influence, control & decision-making
Project OutcomeThe Academic Integrity Matters Ambassadors at
Macquarie University (AIMA@MQU)
The Academic Integrity Matters Ambassadors at Macquarie University (AIMA@MQU)
• AIMA was the outcome of an OLT project on student academic integrity
• Aim of the project: to explore the viability of students participating in the promotion of academic integrity
• Approach: student survey (n=5,500), focus groups (n=40), staff & student rep interviews (n=45)
AIMA
Aim of the project: to explore the viability of students participating in the promotion of academic integrity
2-Part ‘Partnership Strategy’
1. Assess stakeholder profile
2. Develop participation plan
In the begInnIng…
AIMAEnvisaged purpose and goals for AIMA
AIMAStep 1: Assess Stakeholder Profile
Questions Answers
What process/community/system is it? Campus community, academic integrity culture at MQU.
What role do students play? Passively affected, comply with policies & processes, ‘top-down’ system
What input do students provide, how do they do this? What is the impact?
Very limited input into policy, mainly via Academic Senate & ad hoc committees, impact unknown.
How do students prefer to engage with academic integrity?
Preferred to receive info. through instructors and course materials, preference for interactivity and case examples.
Do students WANT to play a bigger/different in academic integrity?
....
AIMAStudents indicated…
“Sorry, its a dull subject and I have no interest in revising it.”
“Personally I'm not interested in learning more about it. I have sufficient knowledge of what's required, most of which is common
sense anyway.”
27% of students supported the idea of a student-led, academic integrity society.
(Academic Integrity Ambassadors Information Session March 2014, Macquarie University; Nayak et al., 2015)
AIMAHowever, they also indicated…
“I think any person who gets their degree or qualification from the university should have actually earned it, that it hasn't been kind of given to them on a platter or…doesn't come in a cornflakes box.…and integrity means that we can be certain that the people coming from university have actually earned
their degrees.”
“It would be great if the university penalised harder on peeps that do not show academic integrity.”
More than 55% felt that academic integrity breaches were a serious problem at their university
27% 1488 students across 4 institutions supported the idea
(Academic Integrity Ambassadors Information Session March 2014, Macquarie University; Nayak et al., 2015)
AIMAStep 2: Create Partnership Plan
Planning stage Activity/action
Determine purpose & goal of proposedpartnership
Create opportunities for students to become involved in activities & conversations about academic integrity within the university, and externally.
Inform & involve target stakeholders Information session ( March, 2014)Recruitment drive (March - July 2014)
Organise Develop group name, constitutionNominate Executive CommitteeFormal launch (March - April 2014)
Evaluate Ongoing
AIMA Activities
AIMA at Orientation Week
AIMA ‘Selfie’ comp
AIMA Executive
Lessons learned•One size does not fit all
•Viability assessment is crucial
• Partnerships in academic integrity can start out small
Always remembering the broader goal:
Transform AI STAKEHOLDERS AI PARTNERS
through meaningful engagement + participation in academic integrity
References• Bovill, C. and Bulley, C. J. (2011) A model of active student participation in curriculum design:
exploring desirability and possibility. In Rust, C. (Ed.) Improving Student Learning (18) Global theories and local practices: Institutional, disciplinary and cultural variations (pp. 176–188). Oxford: The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.
• HEA & NUS (2011) Student Engagement Toolkit [Internet]. Higher Education Academy and National Union of Students. www.nusconnect.org.uk/campaigns/highereducation/student-engagement/toolkit/resources/
• Healey, M., Flint, A. & Harrington, K. (2014). Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education
• International Association for Public Participation (2014). IAP2’s Public Participation Spectrum. https://www.iap2.org.au/resources/iap2s-public-participation-spectrum
• Nayak A., Richards D., Homewood J., Saddiqui, S. & Taylor, M. (2015). Academic Integrity in Australia: Understanding and changing culture and practice project final report. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. http://www.olt.gov.au/project-academic-integrity-australia-%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93-understanding-and-changing-culture-and-practice-2012
DISCUSSON QUESTION:
Is partnership with students in academic integrity a viable concept at yourinstitution?