The Manitoba Academic Integrity Network is excited to present a series of professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. Registration links are found within each session, and open to anyone working at or attending an educational institution. Email seelandjl@assiniboine.net with any further questions.
Over the past decade, the field of academic integrity has grown rapidly both in terms of research and practice. Many educators, administrators, and educational support staff, however, are new to the field, and wish to build their foundational knowledge of academic integrity and related issues. This professional development session has been designed primarily for postsecondary staff who are new to the field of academic integrity. Experts in the area, however, are also invited to attend to share their expertise and offer their support.
Participating in this session will enable attendees to:
Presenter: Brenda M. Stoesz, Research Lead - Science of Teaching and Learning, The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba
Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Time: 10 am - 11 am (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
In this talk, I will discuss briefly the history of cheating and the scientific research on cheating with a focus on academic cheating. Then I will present the recent discoveries made by my international team on cheating in early childhood. I will also discuss theoretical and practical issues.
Presenter: Dr. Kang Lee is a professor & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in moral development and neuroscience at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time: 9 am - 10 am (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
In this presentation I speak to results of a survey of 1192 undergraduate students in a business program at one university. In particular, I focus on the correlation between self-identified mindsets towards academic integrity and self-reported rates of academic misconduct. The findings suggest that starting with an internal moral standard that values academic integrity – it’s important – provides a more effective mechanism for doing one’s best than the external motivator of fear. At the same, however, the external mechanism of fear appeared to be a more effective guard against departing from academic integrity than mindsets that incorporated cognitive mechanisms associated with moral disengagement (e.g. it’s important, but not all violations are serious).
Presenter: Kelley Packalen, PhD is an Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization, Smith School of Business and Special Advisor on Academic Integrity to the Vice Provost (Teaching and Learning), Queen’s University. Both her approach to academic integrity in the classroom and her service work on policy is informed by her research on the topic.
Date: Thursday February 8th, 2024
Time: 11 am - 12 pm (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
The International Center for Academic Integrity’s (ICAI) ICAI Canada serves as an education and evidence-informed resource for Canadian universities, colleges, and other educational institutions working to create cultures of integrity. Join ICAI Canada members from across the country in a panel session based on their collective “Statement on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity”. This statement represents the unfolding and transformative journey of Canada’s post-secondary sector in response to advancements in generative artificial intelligence (genAI) over the past year. Engage with insights from practitioners and policy-writers to researchers and faculty members as ICAI Canada navigates genAI's ethical nuances, aligning with program goals, administrative principles, and user autonomy. Unveil a roadmap for educators, administrators, and students, steering genAI's ethical course towards an empowered academic future.
Presenters: Dr. Paul MacLeod, University of Prince Edward Island ; Allyson Miller, Toronto Metropolitan University ; Jennie Miron, Humber College ; Martine Peters, Université du Québec en Outaouais ; Josh Seeland, Assiniboine Community College
Date: Friday, October 13, 2023
Time: 10 am - 11 am (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
Ever since the Internet has become ubiquitous, educators have been worrying about detecting instances of plagiarism. With the advent of ChatGPT in late 2022, academic integrity issues have increased by orders of magnitude. There is often a hope for some software system to be developed that will help deal with the crisis. Indeed, many companies provide systems that say that they will solve the problems. But do they actually work? In this talk tests of plagiarism detection systems and AI-generated text detection systems will be presented and alternatives for dealing with the problems on a broad basis will be discussed.
Presenter: Debora Weber-Wulff is a retired professor of media and computing from the University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin.
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Time: 12 pm - 1 pm (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
This session will draw attention to the need for inclusion and accessibility in academic integrity in the current age of AI. Certain groups of students (neurodiverse, international, from widening participation backgrounds or specific ethnic groups) continue to be over-represented in academic conduct problems and greater attention to inclusion is needed to address this. These same groups of students are likely to be disadvantaged with AI due to digital inequity, bias and discrimination. While AI tools are promoted as open access to all, in fact the advanced versions are already behind paywalls that limit access to many. AI tools have been developed based on algorithms that may perpetuate bias and exclude certain populations. Guidance on navigating ethical approaches to AI that take into account the diverse needs of different student groups is urgently needed. This session will present a positive approach to achieving inclusion and accessibility with AI tools for all students.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Presenter: Dr. Mary Davis is academic integrity lead at Oxford Brookes University, UK and has been working in the field of academic integrity for nearly 20 years.
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Time: 9 am - 10 am (Central Standard Time)
Location: Online via Zoom
