Joanna Tai
@drjot.bsky.social
Higher education assessment & feedback researcher. Both kinds of doctor. Knitter and baker. Views my own, reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
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I'm pretty sure most banks here don't issue personal chequebooks any more, and a bank cheque is $15 a pop. Luckily we have functional electronic banking including fee free bill pay options.
It's Saturday, but I woke up from a dream about work 🙄
Barbie has the last question - what should we do on Monday? Sarah replies - ask students about how they're using AI, and what we need to do to support them!
...she suggests that perhaps the value of LOs is not entirely established - maybe helpful with assigning grades - and could we get rid of them? (maybe? also... maybe grades??)
Next q is about cultural expectations of regulations too and operating in transnational contexts. Navigation is complex.
Next q is about cultural expectations of regulations too and operating in transnational contexts. Navigation is complex.
Phill says there's a half sentence that frames a lot of what we do - "On the completion of this subject, you will be able to..." - Sarah comments he always asks the tough questions. Learning outcomes perhaps were meant to elevate responsibility in teaching...
2nd question about professional/disciplinary considerations - this is also a type of culture that we need to consider.
Next q about policy and humanistic approach - considerations around wellbeing and prioritising dignity. In other areas restorative justice has been used - worth considering.
Next q about policy and humanistic approach - considerations around wellbeing and prioritising dignity. In other areas restorative justice has been used - worth considering.
Paul Cooper with the first about culture and different practices of demonstrating knowledge and respect. Sarah replies that yes academic integrity is also culturally bound, we need to shift to epistemological plurality but also consider why writing is the dominant form of knowledge demonstration.
Raises so many questions - could be amazing for equity & accessibility, but they're also expensive, which raises other questions for equity!
Amazing. Now it's time for questions.
Amazing. Now it's time for questions.
Now for the quiz... Sarah swapped to some cool AI teleprompter glasses and not that many people noticed! She asks - what will we do if students show up to exams with AI glasses with their only medically required glasses??
Return back to Rebecca Moore Howard's suggestion to just teach... also consider student as part of a learning community - they need to be able to make mistakes, to fail, to learn. Only if they're right at the end of the 'bell curve' of integrity should we consider exclusion.
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We need to connect the dots between human rights and academic integrity. (as per UN - unsdg.un.org/2030-agenda/...) What do we need and deserve as humans?
Recognise and respect dignity
Recognise and respect dignity
6. Historical definitions of plagiarism may not apply.
We don't know what the new version looks like but need to consider how old versions might not fit the current context...
So... what does redefining plagiarism look like?
We don't know what the new version looks like but need to consider how old versions might not fit the current context...
So... what does redefining plagiarism look like?
Rule compliance - citation formatting - seems like a colonial disciplinary practice for which we can punish students for (e.g. capitalisation, sentence case, spaces...) - attribution might be one way towards decolonising education.
5. Attribution still remains important
This isn't just citation - can be talking orally and acknowledging contribution of others. Requires metacognitive awareness and evaluative judgement, not just a mechanical attention to references...
This isn't just citation - can be talking orally and acknowledging contribution of others. Requires metacognitive awareness and evaluative judgement, not just a mechanical attention to references...
e.g. the agent decided to 'improve' the methodology from qualitative to mixed methods, 'improve' the title of an article to end up with a fabricated reference.
Students might not even know that AI is committing academic integrity breaches on their behalf, we need them to understand this possibility
Students might not even know that AI is committing academic integrity breaches on their behalf, we need them to understand this possibility
4. Humans might relinquish control, but they still hold responsibility for the work produced/submitted.
Sarah tells a couple of stories about how grammar/spell checkers with inbuilt AI agents who might decide to 'improve' text - including citations - thereby causing academic integrity issues!
Sarah tells a couple of stories about how grammar/spell checkers with inbuilt AI agents who might decide to 'improve' text - including citations - thereby causing academic integrity issues!
3. Language barriers are overcome.
Not that first languages will become irrelevant, but we might be able to communicate with others more easily. (see: new airpods)
Not that first languages will become irrelevant, but we might be able to communicate with others more easily. (see: new airpods)
Sarah notes that this idea is separate from the ability to earn a living through creative acts being compromised by technology - e.g. artists, and even us as academics where publishers have onsold IP to tech companies.
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2. Human creativity is enhanced.
Here, Sarah draws on Amy Orben's work about technology - the sisyphean panic journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We have no empirical evidence against the assertion that new technologies hamper our capability to be creative.
Here, Sarah draws on Amy Orben's work about technology - the sisyphean panic journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We have no empirical evidence against the assertion that new technologies hamper our capability to be creative.
How does this play out? The concept of the academic integrity arms race demonstrates how this works - students are smart. They will hack/circumvent detection technology (you only have to go online to find out how). So - instead of investing in technology, invest in humans who can support learning.
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(There's an expansion on the 6 tenets in her book - www.bloomsbury.com/au/plagiaris... )
We're going to go through the 6 ideas now.
1. Hybrid-human writing will become normal ... detection is futile since we will be unable to detect where the human ends & AI starts
We're going to go through the 6 ideas now.
1. Hybrid-human writing will become normal ... detection is futile since we will be unable to detect where the human ends & AI starts
Sarah has built on the work of Rebecca Moore Howard, a leading (now retired) scholar on plagiarism - her GS profile here - scholar.google.com/citations?us...
To come up with her 6 tenets of post plagiarism, available here: drsaraheaton.com/2023/02/25/6...
To come up with her 6 tenets of post plagiarism, available here: drsaraheaton.com/2023/02/25/6...
Sarah notes that you might think some people cheat and others don't, but it's not that simple. Phil Newton says - people cheat, and students are people. Majority of people wouldn't cheat all the time, but they might in specific circumstances...
...as in introductory remarks this morning, VC Iain noted that we have devices in our pockets with $2bil value of computing power in 1974 money - so in 50 years time, what $2bil device will everyone possess?
Now we shift to the introduction of the internet - and widespread use of computers - things like 'cyberplagiarism', 'cut and paste' ... these ideas might change again into the future ...
So, back in the "good old days" prior to the industrial revolution, if you couldn't come up with your own original ideas, you were ridiculed. Crime & punishment approaches emerged in the period of time related to the industrial revolution (but also colonialism).
Second Handbook of Academic Integrity
This book provides a large overview of the academic integrity and how to create the ethical academy by offering diverse views from around the world.
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We need to disrupt traditional notions that it's all about plagiarism or cheating: academic integrity needs to be the basis for how we operate in collegial ways with each other. It's more than just student conduct.
The long version of the history is in the handbook link.springer.com/referencewor...
The long version of the history is in the handbook link.springer.com/referencewor...
www.academicintegrity.eu
The academic integrity "doughnut" - www.academicintegrity.eu/materials/pu...
She starts by offering examples of how we might also be unethical in assessment practices to catch people out - covert or deceptive things like whitetexting or uploading fake answers to cheating sites.
She starts by offering examples of how we might also be unethical in assessment practices to catch people out - covert or deceptive things like whitetexting or uploading fake answers to cheating sites.
Academic Integrity and Student Mental Well-Being: A Rapid Review
| Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity
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One concept we need to start with is the continuum of academic integrity (Eaton, Pethrick & Turner - this 2023 ref all I can find) and how we celebrate integrity, frequently deal with grey cases, and also if we're involved in investigating breaches... GL. journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ai...
Artificial intelligence and academic integrity aren't things that will be easily solved - they're things that will be problematic and we'll continue to grapple with for years.