Academic integrity under microscope at symposium
21 Nov 2007 | Bernie Goldie
The University of Wollongong will conduct an Academic Integrity Symposium tomorrow (Thursday 22 November) with ways of preventing plagiarism one of the key issues to be discussed.
The day-long event has attracted invited speakers and UOW staff. The five invited speakers are:
Ms Jude Carroll (Oxford Brookes University) who is author of A handbook for deterring plagiarism in higher education. Ms Carroll will present by telephone link-up
Ms Ursula McGowan (University of Adelaide) who will talk about the concept of ‘educational integrity’ and about an approach of incorporating the teaching of ‘academic culture, its conventions and its multiple languages’
Ms Lyn Alderman (now of Queensland University of Technology) who will speak about projects in the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment which were implemented to ‘embed information literacy and academic integrity across the curriculum and continuously promote academic integrity through assessment and learning’
Dr Shelley Yeo (Curtin University of Technology, Perth) who will present the findings of her study of engineering students and their perceptions of plagiarism
Professor Brian Martin (UOW) who will speak about the design of assessment tasks to reduce student plagiarism
When: The symposium will be officially opened by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Professor Rob Castle at 9am, Thursday 22 November.
Venue: Room 104, Bldg 67 (McKinnon Building)
Further information: Contact Dr Margaret Wallace on (02) 4221 3228 or 0421 592 190 (m)
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