ERIC Number: ED579274
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 4
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Academic Success Foundation: Enhancing Academic Integrity through Mobile Learning
Hanbidge, Alice Schmidt; Mackenzie, Amanda; Sanderson, Nicole; Scholz, Kyle; Tin, Tony
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Mobile Learning (13th, Budapest, Hungary, Apr 10-12, 2017)
How do we close the gap between the lack of academic experience incoming students have--with the expectation that students know the rules of writing and taking exams? Academic integrity (AI) is essential in post-secondary academia yet insufficient time is allocated to teaching and practicing its concepts. Talks at orientation, lectures in the first class, and notations in the course syllabus have been used to assist students with the academic transition to university, but have been less effective at increasing the student's level of academic integrity (Bertram Gallant, 2011; Josephson Institute of Ethics (see www.josephsoninstitute.org/reportcard). One solution is to provide students with information about institutional academic expectations in advance of the first day of classes yet, a number of barriers exist, including limitations in the learning management systems (LMS) and firewalls blocking access to external content. Developing a mobile AI learning application would circumvent the LMS and firewall issues and enable information to be made available prior to students' arrival, thereby acculturating them to university values and academic integrity rules to help support student success well before classes begin. [For the complete proceedings, see ED579190.]
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Integrity, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Course Descriptions, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Management Systems, Expectation, Computer Security, Information Sources, College Freshmen, Orientation, School Culture, Values, Ethics, Writing (Composition), Tests, Pretests Posttests, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Comparative Analysis, Mixed Methods Research
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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