Understanding Academic Integrity

What kind of incidents of academic misconduct have you seen or heard about in your teaching career? What types of offences do you think are more frequent and which are more severe? According to Howard & Davies, “Students don’t need threats; students need pedagogy.” Find out what the implications of this statement mean to teachers following our University’s academic code of conduct and whether things need to change for a generation growing up with the web.

Cameron Hoffman, Information Literacy Librarian at Concordia University explores strategies for reducing academic misconduct through assessment. How can we use our teaching, particularly assessment, to reduce the incidence of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct?

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