Skip to 0 minutes and 17 seconds Each year, a surprising number of students are caught and disciplined for engaging in some type of academic dishonesty. In 2011, over 16,000 cases of cheating were reported from 85 universities in the UK alone. Sometimes cheating or plagiarism occurs because students don’t understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. Sometimes the pressure to succeed academically means that students are tempted to take shortcuts in order to achieve. Whatever the cause, cheating is never acceptable and always a violation of academic integrity. It’s taken very seriously by universities the world over and can have severe consequences for those caught. I’m Dr. Jason Stevens, , senior lecturer at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Skip to 1 minute and 2 seconds As an educational psychologist interested in students’ intellectual and ethical development, I regard cheating behaviour as a particularly pernicious problem. For example, research has shown that individuals who cheat as students are more likely to become dishonest as adults, lying to customers, colleagues, and their partners. It’s been awhile since I studied. I don’t even know what the rules are now. My parents expect me to do really well, and it’s so competitive in my course. I know cheating is wrong. That’s obvious. But in some of my courses, I feel like I just can’t do the work myself, because if I do, I’ll fail everything. But all is not lost.
Skip to 1 minute and 40 seconds Over the next four weeks, I will be your lead educator, guiding you through an exploration of several important questions, such as, what is academic integrity? Why is it so important in academia? And how can you, as a student at university, achieve with integrity? In this course, we explore the answers to these and other questions. Specifically, each week contains videos, articles, discussions, and quizzes that will help you develop the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful and ethical learner.
Skip to 2 minutes and 17 seconds By the end of the course, you’ll come to understand the meaning of academic integrity and develop the study and academic writing skills needed to act accordingly. But most importantly, you’ll come to embrace the values of academic integrity as your own.
