The Assiniboine Learning Commons and Academic Integrity Advisory Committee are excited to present a week of professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. It aligns with the International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating, and the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series. Registration is open to anyone working at an educational institution.
A recent rapid review conducted on academic integrity and mental health during COVID-19 reminds us that educating students about academic integrity can have far reaching impacts outside of stopping academic misconduct. This presentation will explore the connection between student well-being and academic integrity, as well as the need for the continual reinforcement of these concepts throughout a student’s academic career. Creating a “proactive, positive and supportive” educational environment also means linking academic integrity concepts to practical workplace applications like codes of ethics.
Presenter: Jessi Robinson; Library Technician/Academic Integrity & Copyright Officer; Assiniboine Community College
Date: October 18, 2021
Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 am, CST
Location: Online via Zoom
Join us for an interactive session about how to identify and address contract cheating in student work. Contract cheating is not impossible to prove and there are concrete steps you can take to identify it and deal with it. Learn how to conduct a non-confrontational discovery interview with a student whom you believe might have engaged in contract cheating. Links to free online resources will be shared that you can download and start using right away.
In this session engaged participants will learn how to:
Presenter: Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton; University of Calgary
Date: October 20, 2021
Time: 9 am - 10 am, CST
Location: Online via Zoom
This session will walk participants into the landscape of values, beliefs, and their impact on educational environments. We will use the principles of administrative justice and academic integrity to highlight research informed practices. Finally, the group will deconstruct a policy using administrative justice and academic integrity principles.
Presenter: Sheryl Prouse; Director, Learning Commons; Assiniboine Community College
Date: October 22, 2021
Time: 12 - 1 pm, CST
Location: Online via Zoom
While concerns about academic misconduct are nothing new, the recent and sudden shifts in learning environments have come with speculations about a cheating pandemic. Companies new and old claim to have off-the-shelf solutions to secure academic assessments, often with hefty price tags. Participants in this workshop will learn from the latest in research and evidence, as well as their own experiences, and place five selected assessment security approaches of varying technological levels in the context of academic integrity. These selected approaches are lockdown browsers, text-matching software, assessment design, e-proctoring, and IP address analysis.
Presenter: Josh Seeland; Manager, Library Services; Assiniboine Community College
Date: October 19, 2021
Time: 10 am - 11 am, CST
Location: Online via Zoom
The purpose of this workshop is to help instructors determine if text-matching software would be useful for their courses, and if so, prepare them to implement Urkund in an effective and educative manner.
Presenter: Caitlin Munn; Quality Assurance Specialist; Assiniboine Community College
Date: October 21, 2021
Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CST
Location: Online via Zoom
