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

• • University of Wollongongs recent involvement in academic integrity (AI) activities and project development

• • Introduction to the Academic Integrity Standards ALTC priority project (2010-2012)

• • the projects research questions and process

• • what have we done so far?

• • preliminary analysis

• • future stages of research

3. background to UOWs involvement

• 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)

• 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

• 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)

• 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:

• • University of South Australia (lead institution)

• • La Trobe University

• • The University of Adelaide

• • The University of Newcastle

• • The University of Western Australia

• • University of Wollongong

• • 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

preliminary analysis

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

publish results

Survey students at 6 universities (part of Stage 3)

• via TellUs2 online survey platform

Key aims of survey:

• students understanding of AI

• students experience of AI process

• best ways to educate students about AI

12.

Student surveys

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

• snapshot of how universities actually respond to breaches of academic integrity

• 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

Interviews:

with academic integrity breach decision makers at the 6 universities involved in the project

Focus groups:

• students

• academic staff

• academic service division staff

• administrative staff involved in managing misconduct investigation matters

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develop exemplars

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

• • establish shared understanding of AI

• • refine and finalise exemplars

• • contribute to practical teaching and learning resources

• • 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

18.

For more informationabout this ALTC project on Academic Integrity Standards, please contact:

Tracey Bretag (UniSA team leader)

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UOW team members:

Ruth Walker, Learning Development

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Margaret Wallace, Curriculum Development and Review

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