The International Center for Academic Integrity is pleased to announce our Preconference Workshops, being held at the 2010 Annual International Conference in Long Beach, California.
This year, the pre-conference sessions will be in-depth, interactive workshop sessions, designed to give participants practical “take-aways” that they can begin using and implementing immediately
Pre-conference sessions are open to all attendees and require a separate fee at registration, which will be open later this month. Discounts are offered for those who attend more than one session. Watch our website for conference updates and further information.
The following sessions will be offered:
Academic Integrity in the (K-12) Trenches
Don McCabe, Rutgers University
Attitudes and behaviors regarding Academic Integrity are developed long before students enter university, but rarely do students at the pre-university levels consider the implications of their ethical choices. In this session, the architect of the academic integrity survey will discuss some of his significant findings from surveys conducted in the past 10-15 years with High School and Middle School students, and suggest ways to improve the climate of Academic Integrity in these settings. In addition, he will explain how interested high schools can conduct a survey with their own students.
Don McCabe is a faculty member at Rutgers and the founding president of CAI.
Changing Their Minds and Recruiting Academic Integrity Champions: Using the Academic Integrity Violation as a Teachable Moment (Encore Presentation)
Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego
Is it possible to work with students who have been found responsible or been held responsible for academic misconduct in ways that actually promote a culture of integrity on college campuses? This session will explore some approaches that go beyond “right and wrong” and focus students’ attention on personal, professional, and academic development.
As Academic Integrity Coordinator for UC San Diego, Tricia is the main facilitator (along with peer educators) of the Academic Integrity Seminar that students are mandated to take after a policy violation; her experiences in her work there, along with actual survey and assessment data from the seminar, will inform this pre-conference session. Tricia is also the author of “Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative” (Jossey-Bass, 2008) and co-author of the upcoming book “Cheating in School: What we know and what we can do” (Blackwell, 2009).
Technology: Academic Integrity - Bane and/or Boon
Gail Ring and Barbara Ramirez, Clemson University
Back by popular demand, this updated session will explore the ways that communication and classroom technology can be used to support (or thwart) educational goals. The discussion will include popular plagiarism detection software like Turn-It-In as well as ubiquitous technologies including web-based and cell phone applications.
Barbara Ramirez directs both the Writing Lab and the Class of ’41 Studio for Student Communication at Clemson University. Gail Ring directs Clemson’s E-Portfolio Program.
Ethics Across the Curriculum and Beyond
Daniel Wueste, Clemson University
Participants in this session will learn how to take advantage of “teachable moments” to address ethical issues in college and professional settings using a framework that outlines the three most common ethical approaches in everyday language that can be readily understood regardless of discipline or subject matter.
Daniel Wueste Serves as Director of the Rutland Institute for Ethics
We Can’t Wait: Pro-Active Approaches to Academic Integrity in K-12
Karen Clifford, Norfolk Collegiate School
Attitudes and behaviors regarding Academic Integrity are developed long before students enter university, but rarely do students at the pre-university levels consider the implications of their ethical choices. This session will focus on ways to make academic integrity a more integral part of the K-12 environment.
Karen Clifford is Director of Student Services at Norfolk Collegiate School (an independent, college-preparatory with grades kindergarten through 12), where her primary responsibilities include overseeing the Guidance and Learning Resource Programs, advising the student-run Honor Council, and promoting character education.
Why Students Cheat—And What We Can Do About It
Don McCabe, Rutgers University
In this session, leading Academic Integrity researcher Don McCabe will share information from nearly 20 years of academic integrity surveys with college students about the reasons students cite for cheating and then draw some conclusions about individual, institutional, and cultural approaches that can be used to reduce cheating and encourage academic integrity.
Don McCabe is a faculty member at Rutgers and the founding president of CAI.