OER on Academic Integrity now available!

Back in February, I wrote a post about students’ emotional well-being and how the way we teach about academic integrity can just add stress to their already very busy lives. In redesigning a set of online modules, my project team decided to take a learner-centered approach to try to alleviate some of this stress, especially around learning about academic integrity. The project I mentioned is now official done and I wanted to share the modules we created!

They are currently on Canvas Commons with a Creative Commons license of CC-BY-SA. If your institution uses Canvas, you can download the materials directly into your own instance of Canvas. I will also add these modules to the OER Commons to make them more widely available, so stay tuned!

Academic Integrity Overview & Cheating

This module introduces the topic of Academic Integrity and dives into the topic of cheating, including defining contract cheating and group work. What is academic integrity and why does it matter? Could it be considered cheating if students form a study group with their classmates?

Integrating Research

Many course require students to write research papers and incorporate the research of others into their own writing. Integrating this research is done in several ways: paraphrasing, summarizing, and direct quoting. Students should use all of these methods to create a balance of voice and avoid violations of academic integrity in your writing.

Plagiarism & Citations

This module discusses the issue of plagiarism and introduces citations, both the mechanics and the reasons why we use citations in the first place. It also introduces the idea of different citation styles.