As reported earlier in the year the Teaching Enhancement Unit (TEU) in the NIDL at Dublin City University (DCU) is excited to be one of four University partners working on an Erasmus+ INTEGRITY project (funded under KA2 strand). The lead partner is Ilia State University, Georgia, in collaboration with 15 other Georgian universities.
The other three partners include University of Roehampton (UK); Uppsala Universiten (Sweden); and Universitaet Wien (Austria). Our specific role in this project is development of a resource toolkit for academics to help them design out opportunities for plagiarism. This work package includes creating a suite of resources and case studies to support faculty in designing assessments which actively encourage academic integrity. The toolkit can be used either by individual academics as a self regulation and development tool, or by a programme chair/academic developer to lead workshops with a programme team. The resources currently under development and review are:
- Literature Review
- Best Practice Guide: Principles and Examples
- Self Assessment Checklist
- Scenarios to prompt discussion
- Case Studies
Earlier in the month the team presented the resources at at a four-day INTEGRITY conference in Kutaisi, Georgia. The resources were well received and we are now in a position to further enhance the toolkit. Earlier in the day a brief update on the NTEGRITY project was presented by the TEU team to delegates at this year’s EdTech 2018 conference in Carlow, Ireland.
The two-year project commenced in October 2017 and we are well on target to have the final toolkit ready for piloting in Spring 2018. Importantly the project outputs and related learnings will be shared and made available to the wider sector under a Creative Commons Licence. Watch this space for further updates.
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