Annika Pokorny, Cissy J. Ballen, Abby Grace Drake, Emily P. Driessen, Sheritta Fagbodun, Brian Gibbens, Jeremiah A. Henning, Sophie J. McCoy, Seth K. Thompson, Charles G. Willis, A. Kelly Lane
{"title":"“Out of my control”: science undergraduates report mental health concerns and inconsistent conditions when using remote proctoring software","authors":"Annika Pokorny, Cissy J. Ballen, Abby Grace Drake, Emily P. Driessen, Sheritta Fagbodun, Brian Gibbens, Jeremiah A. Henning, Sophie J. McCoy, Seth K. Thompson, Charles G. Willis, A. Kelly Lane","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00141-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00141-4","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Efforts to discourage academic misconduct in online learning environments frequently include the use of remote proctoring services. While these services are relatively commonplace in undergraduate science courses, there are open questions about students’ remote assessment environments and their concerns related to remote proctoring services. Using a survey distributed to 11 undergraduate science courses engaging in remote instruction at three American, public, research-focused institutions during the spring of 2021, we found that the majority of undergraduate students reported testing in suboptimal environments. Students’ concerns about remote proctoring services were closely tied to technological difficulties, fear of being wrongfully accused of cheating, and negative impacts on mental health. Our results suggest that remote proctoring services can create and perpetuate inequitable assessment environments for students, and additional research is required to understand the efficacy of their intended purpose to prevent cheating. We also advocate for continued conversations about the broader social and institutional conditions that can pressure students into cheating. While changes to academic culture are difficult, these conversations are necessary for higher education to remain relevant in an increasingly technological world.","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136229385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Henderson, Jennifer Chung, Rebecca Awdry, Cliff Ashford, Mike Bryant, Matthew Mundy, Kris Ryan
{"title":"The temptation to cheat in online exams: moving beyond the binary discourse of cheating and not cheating","authors":"Michael Henderson, Jennifer Chung, Rebecca Awdry, Cliff Ashford, Mike Bryant, Matthew Mundy, Kris Ryan","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00143-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00143-2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Discussions around assessment integrity often focus on the exam conditions and the motivations and values of those who cheated in comparison with those who did not. We argue that discourse needs to move away from a binary representation of cheating. Instead, we propose that the conversation may be more productive and more impactful by focusing on those who do not cheat, but who are tempted to do so. We conceptualise this group as being at risk of future cheating behaviour and potentially more receptive of targeted strategies to support their integrity decisions. In this paper we report on a large-scale survey of university students ( n = 7,511) who had just completed one or more end of semester online exams. In doing so we explore students’ reported temptation to cheat. Analysis surrounding this “at risk” group reveals students who were Tempted ( n = 1379) had significant differences from those who Cheated ( n = 216) as well as those who were Not tempted ( n = 5916). We focus on four research questions exploring whether there are specific online exam conditions, security settings, student attitudes or perceptions which are more strongly associated with the temptation to cheat. The paper offers insights to help institutions to minimise factors that might lead to breaches of assessment integrity, by focusing on the temptation to cheat during assessment.","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"180 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135161823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcome to the University of life, can I take your order? Investigating Life Experience Degree Offerings in Diploma mills","authors":"Jasper Roe, Mike Perkins","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00138-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00138-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this study, we posit a new category of products provided by diploma mills, which we term Life Experience Degree Offerings (LEDOs). LEDOs uniquely capitalise on the misuse of the principle of Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) by granting higher education qualifications based on a resume or CV alone. Through a comparative analysis with contract cheating websites, we highlight the key features and persuasive strategies employed by 10 diploma mill websites which provide LEDOs to attract and convince potential clients. We then use corpus linguistics methods by analysing a large corpus of text quantitatively to explore the keywords these websites use to describe their products using a pre-packaged corpus analysis tool (Sketch Engine). Our findings indicate that on providers’ websites, the LEDOs are framed as a tool to achieve greater socioeconomic opportunities, and the quality and appearance of the physical diploma and accompanying documents play a key role in the LEDOs’ value proposition, while references to the acquisition of knowledge and process of learning are absent. Furthermore, LEDOs are typified by the promise of accreditation and verification services, which are the two most common keywords used in the description of LEDOs on diploma mills’ websites. Future research directions are suggested, including examining this phenomenon in non-Western cultural contexts, understanding the users and operators of LEDO websites, and assessing the prevalence of fraudulent credentials obtained from these sites.","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135372478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariëtte vd Hoven, H. Mol, R.P.infoeu-repo Verhoeff
{"title":"Evaluating empowerment towards responsible conduct of research in a small private online course","authors":"Mariëtte vd Hoven, H. Mol, R.P.infoeu-repo Verhoeff","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00139-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00139-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45676459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating the authenticity of ChatGPT responses: a study on text-matching capabilities","authors":"Ahmed M. Elkhatat","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00137-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00137-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47454065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student perceptions of academic misconduct amongst their peers during the rapid transition to remote instruction","authors":"B. Stoesz, Matthew S. Quesnel, Amy E. De Jaeger","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00136-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00136-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47205131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edidiong Orok, Funmilayo I. Adeniyi, Tonfamoworio Williams, Oyebode Dosunmu, Favour Ikpe, C. Orakwe, O. Kukoyi
{"title":"Causes and mitigation of academic dishonesty among healthcare students in a Nigerian university","authors":"Edidiong Orok, Funmilayo I. Adeniyi, Tonfamoworio Williams, Oyebode Dosunmu, Favour Ikpe, C. Orakwe, O. Kukoyi","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00135-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00135-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46481796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial intelligence, text generation tools and ChatGPT – does digital watermarking offer a solution?","authors":"Thomas A. Lancaster","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00131-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00131-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49377617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faculty members’ use of artificial intelligence to grade student papers: a case of implications","authors":"Rahul Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00130-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00130-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44122227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why they do and why they don’t: a combined criminological approach to understanding assignment outsourcing in higher education","authors":"R. Awdry, Andrew Groves","doi":"10.1007/s40979-023-00126-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00126-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44838,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational Integrity","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43294280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}