Educational IntegrityWork shop – Identifying the issues

15 April 2010

Aim & PurposeCreate an educational integrity framework

To provide guidance on ethical issues

Available to lecturers and academic staff

Issues we come acrossunauthorised collaboration, fabrication of research results, student work placement issues, plagiarism, group work, student destruction of resources.

Overriding principles

Honesty - personal honesty in learning, teaching and researching

Trust - mutual trust to encourage the free exchange of ideas

Fairness - fairness in institutional standards, practices and procedures , fairness in interactions with each other

Overriding principles

Respect - respect among students, staff and faculty

Responsibility - shared responsibility for promoting educational integrity

Principles

Any others ?

What to include in the framework?

Any suggestions?

Issues you have come across

Scenario 1 - fabricationYou realise that a student has fabricated the

test results in a research project.

1. What would you do?2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Scenario 2 - collaborationStudents have submitted projects – it is clear

on reading the projects that the students have had unauthorised help – friends, family, colleagues

1. What would you do?2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Scenario 3 - theftStudents have reported that a student in the

class has taken/stolen the core text from the library and no other copy available for other students.

1. What would you do?2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Scenario 4 - extensionStudents attend at your office requesting a

project extension – various reasons given.

1. What would you do?2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Scenario 5 – work placementStudents are on work placement – one of the

participating employers contacts you to advise that a student has belittled the firm on his facebook page and they hold IT Sligo responsible.

1. What would you do?2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Scenario 6 – plagiarismStudent has clearly plagiarised.

1. What would you do - How many chances do you give the student?

2. Where would you look for guidance?3. Suggest a solution!

Other scenarios?

Other issues you have come across?

Thank you

Any Questions?

Welcome to IT Sligo- workshop for External Examiners

RTE News

23rd April 2010The purposeFeedback from the surveyOverview of the workshopFollow-up

Recording for those who could not attendWebinar

Overview10.30 to 11am

Meet and Greet Registration

11-11.10amWelcome address from the President

 11.10-11.15amAddress from the Registrar

 11.15-11.30am

Brief introductions (Name / Institute / Area of Expertise / one issue)Getting organised (structure, split into four groups / rooms, assign tasks)

Overview11.30 to 12.30am

EBL/PBL workshops X 4 with facilitators  Themes  Basic (Roles and Responsibilities / paperwork/ M&S / expectations )  Advanced (Grade inflation/ What’s new / Benchmarking /Feedback)  12.30 to 1pmFeedback session1-2pmWorking Lunch consisting of Q&A with expert panel

Outcome