Teachers are in a unique position to show students how to use technology properly, productively, and ethically. The overall goal of ethical principles is to protect and advance human values.1
Here are twenty-five expectations for academic integrity in the classroom and online:
- Activities on social networking websites should not reflect negatively on fellow students, teachers, or on the school.2
- Trust the value of your intellect. Demonstrate your own achievement. Showcase your own abilities.3
- Undertake research honestly, and credit others for their work. 3
- Accept corrections from the instructor as part of the learning process.3
- Do original work for each class. Don’t submit projects or papers that have been done for a previous class.3
- Don’t purchase papers. 3
- Don’t copy ideas, data or exact wording without citing your source. 3
- Don’t collaborate with another student beyond the extent specifically approved by the instructor. 3
- Don’t copy answers from another student. 3
- Don’t ask another student to do your work for you. 3
- Don’t fabricate results. 3
- Don’t use electronic or other devices during exams.3
- Don’t alter graded exams and submit them for re- grading. 3
- Don’t allow another student to copy your answers on assignments or exams. 3
- Don’t take an exam or complete an assignment for another student. 3
- Do not use a computer to harm other people 3
- Avoid using any technology resource in such a way that would disrupt the activities of other users. 2
- Do not snoop around in other people’s computer files 3
- Do not use a computer to steal 3
- Do not use a computer to bear false witness 3
- Do not copy or use any software for which you have not paid 3
- Do not use other people’s computer resources without authorization. 3
- Always use a computer to respect other people 3
- Do not pass someone else’s private information to others. 3
- Criminal acts are prohibited—These include, but are not limited to, “hacking” or attempting to access computer systems without authorization, harassing email, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, child pornography, vandalism, and/or unauthorized tampering with computer systems. 2
Technology is a big part of our lives and school-aged children today are very much digital natives: They grow up with technology rather than learning the skills as an adult digital immigrant.
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1 Akcay, B. (2008). The relationship between technology and ethics; from society to schools. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 9(4), 120–127. https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.64686↩
2 Donovan, J (2018). Enhancing learning through technology. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.↩
3 Ashford University. (2020). Academic Integrity. [PDF] Retrieved from: https://ashford.instructure.com/courses/70935/files/13469231/download?wrap=1↩
Please let me know if I missed any other important ones!
