Academic integrity. English for academic purposes

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Academic integrity
English for Academic Purposes
Week 3. Lesson 3

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A gentle reminder about the survey
Academic integrity
Outline
Activities

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If you haven't taken the survey, we would kindly remind you about it.
The survey is about your understanding of Academic integrity
We kindly ask you to take this
survey for identifying your
perception of academic integrity
at the beginning of the academic
year
Taking the survey does no harm
to you, your grades, nor in other
contexts and aspects
By confirming to take it, you
understand your answers will be
used by us, and that your are not
obliged to take the survey and
that you can withdraw from it
whenever you want
We guarantee the condifentiality
and anonimity of the survey
The survey shall take 3-5 min to
complete
Link to the survey:
https://forms.office.com/r/fwcTKkC
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Warm-up
Have you heard of
academic integrity before?
How do you understand it?
Why is it important to
follow the rules of
academic integrity?
Does AITU have its own
academic integrity rules?

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Academic integrity
Academic integrity is:
The act of fulfilling your academic work following strong moral and
ethical principles, to provide true and reliable information, acting
truthfully and honestly
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY.
• Academic integrity= honesty, conscientiousness, transparency, trust,
truth
• Academic misconduct= breaching academic integrity or academic
dishonesty or committing an academic crime
Used sources:
1.www.teqsa.gov.au
2.Cambridge online dictionary

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Put the types of behaviour from A-K into the correct column
Behaviours that support academic integrity
B, C, F, G, I
Behaviours that undermine academic integrity
A, D, E, H, J, K
A)Plagiarism
B)Acknowledging where the information you use comes from, clearly citing or referencing the source
C)Sitting your own exams and submitting your own work
D)Exam cheating
E)Collusion (an illegitimate cooperation with one or more students in completing an assignment)
F)Accurately reporting research findings and abiding by research policies
G)Using information appropriately, according to copyright and privacy laws
H)Fabricating information (forgery)
I)Acting ethically or doing the 'right thing', even when you are facing difficulties.
J)Contract cheating and impersonating (paying to someone to do the assignment for you)
K)Recycling or resubmitting work
The task on the slide was developed based on the content published on TEQSA website www.teqsa.gov.au

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Impersonation
Plagiarism Forgery Falsifying information Collusion
Forgery
• 1.Student brought a sick note with a fake signature of a therapist._________
Define the
type of
academic
misconduct
• 2.Student needed a chemical reaction to be positive, but instead, it was negative.
Falsifying
In their assignment, the student wrote the reaction was positive. _________
information
• 3. Student copied a paragraph from the Internet source and used that text in their
Plagiarism
assignment. The student included a reference to the original text. ________
• 4.There was a take-home assignment to complete individually in English and the
course teacher asked students to not cheat or ask for an external help. However,
Omar asked his classmate, who is good at English, help him. He handed in the
Collusion
assignment as he did it on his own. _______
• 5.Lucy was busy doing other assignments, but not History. The deadline was close,
so she decided to write on a telegram channel to find a person who would do the
assignment for her. She paid for that and submitted the assignment as she did it
Impersonation
by herself. ________

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The AITU punishment and penalties:
Warning
Discuss.
What are your
suggestions to make
students support
academic integrity?
Warning the parents of the student
Revealing the student's name, and about the crime he committed, on the website
of AITU
Having to repeat the assessment task or unit of study
Failing the assessment task, unit of study or course or deducting scores
What possible
penalties would you
apply for breaching
academic integrity?
Losing a scholarship
Being expelled from the university with/without the right of re-enrollment
Learn more about the rules of Academic integrity of AITU here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U-MV22sgBgxGmssjn_h16__PISXwkC-J

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Academic integrity. Plagiarism
• One of the widespread examples of academic misconduct is plagiarism
• Plagiarism is an act of committing a literary theft, of stealing and passing off the ideas or words of another as
your own without crediting the source (Merriam-Webster dictionary, n.d.).
• Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional. Read the situations described below and define the type of
plagiarism.
unintentional – probably, because of the lack of knowledge
1. Student copies the original text and provides references____________________
intentional
2. Student copies the original work, but submits it as of his own without giving any credits ______________
3. Student uses the original text, changes it through paraphrasing, provides references, but with some spelling mistakes
_______
unintentional
unintentional, probably,
4.Student uses the original text, changes some words, provides referencesbecause
_______________________
of the lack of knowledge
5.Student uses the original text, reads lots of different materials, forgets where he retrieved the text ___________
unintentional
be either intentional,
6.Student copies the original text, provides references, but does not use quotation marks to give creditscan
_______
or unintentional
7.Purchasing pre-written paper via the Internet ____________
intentional
8.Using your friend's ideas and passing them as of your own _____________
intentional
9. Committing which type of plagiarism is counted as an act of academic misconduct that leads to the application of penalties
Both types: intentional and unintentional
for breaching the rules of academic integrity __________

10.

Read the
scenario.
What is the
issue in the
described
situation.
What would
you do if it
were you?
• Your instructor has asked all students to write a
research paper on various topics related to
Criminology. Aware that you have already
completed a paper on one of the approved topics
listed in the course outline, you decide to use a
paper that you previously submitted in another
Criminology course. This not only saves you time
but you also remember that you received an
exceptional grade on the paper. You decide to
include a few additional paragraphs to the paper
you previously wrote but fail to clarify with your
instructor whether you are able to recycle your
old assignment. You are confident that your
sources are cited appropriately and similar to
your previous course, you submit your
assignment through Turnitin.com
The scenario was borrowed from https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/academic-integrity/other-scenarios-ie-forgery-impersonation-etc

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The answer.
The issue and recommended strategy
• Issue:
Students are not allowed to submit assignments for which a credit has been previously
received unless approval is given by the instructor. The purpose of enrolling in a variety of
courses is to learn more about a discipline through a range of perspectives. If you simply
re-submit your old assignment, you are not “learning” rather taking the easy way out of
engaging in your studies. It is likely that you will be approached by the instructor since your
previous assignment will be detected through Turnitin.com.
• Recommended strategy:
• Always ask your instructor for more clarification on whether you are able to use your
previous assignment and to find out what is acceptable.
• If you are truly interested in the topic selected, write the paper through a different
perspective and approach the topic with new research questions to learn more about the
subject matter.
• Remember that work previously submitted through turnitin.com will continue to remain
in the database.
The scenario was borrowed from https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/academic-integrity/other-scenarios-ie-forgery-impersonation-etc

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Read the
scenario.
What is the issue
in the
described situati
on.
What would you
do if it were you?
• Abay and Maqsat are students who are good
friends. Abay is struggling in school and has an
upcoming Calculus test that he is panicking
about. If he doesn’t do well on this test, he will
surely fail the course. Abay begs Maqsat to
write the Calculus test for him. After much
coaxing, Maqsat finally agrees to help his friend
and writes the test in Abay’s place. At the test,
as the instructor is checking student ID’s, the
instructor realizes that the student writing the
test as Abay is not the same student that has
been attending classes all semester. The
instructor takes steps to confirm his suspicions
and confirms that someone other than Abay is
writing the test.
The scenario was adapted from https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/academic-integrity/other-scenarios-ie-forgery-impersonation-etc

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The answer.
The issue and recommended strategy
• Issue:
Having someone impersonate you, either in person or electronically, is
a serious academic offence. Both the individual impersonated and the
impersonator are subject to the punishment for violating Academic
integrity.
• Recommended strategy:
• Talk to your professor/instructor or your advisor if you are struggling
with your academic work.
• Familiarize yourself with the Exam policy and Academic integrity rules
The scenario was adapted from https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/academic-integrity/other-scenarios-ie-forgery-impersonation-etc

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Watch the
video.
Share your
opinion about
the situation.
• https://www.facebook.com/E4/posts/10158331833313953
or https://youtu.be/DoCFlPA7fhI
Answer the questions:
• Do you think Sheldon was right?
• How do they need to handle the situation?
• Would you do the same if you were Sheldon?
• Have you ever experienced any plagiarism related issue in
your studies before? What did you do and what did you
learn from that experience?

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The lesson learned: be careful when using someone’s
words, work, or even ideas! Give credit to the author!
• Still, do not complicate things to
this extend …
(Pinterest.com, retrieved on 02.09.2021)

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Conclusion
• What have your learnt today?
• What shall you do in order to not be accused of an academic crime?
• How will you help your friend, if he/she (they) struggles with a home
assignment?
• Learn more on the rules of Academic integrity of AITU click here

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Thank you
• Shall you have any questions,
do not hesitate to ask me!