COVID-19 Academic Integrity Violations and Trends: A Rapid Review

Autor: Thomas Maryon, Vandy Dubre, Kimberly Elliott, Jessica Escareno, Mary Helen Fagan, Emily Standridge, Cristian Lieneck
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Education Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 12, p 901 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 12120901
2227-7102
DOI: 10.3390/educsci12120901
Popis: The rapid shift from classroom course delivery to online education modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on academia. Student loss of face-to-face interaction, the lost social benefits of the educational milieu, and restricted instructor ability to control both the learning environment and assessment process have been significant. The purpose of this paper is to discover if due to the unplanned shift to online course delivery, educators and researchers experienced impacts to academic integrity during the peak of the online shift. A systemic review utilizing the PRISMA methodology of peer reviewed literature published during the period of March 2020 till September 2021 demonstrated that violation types continued to fall within the existing academic integrity constructs of inappropriate information sharing, cheating on exams and assignments, incidents of plagiarism, and falsifying or fabricating information. The results showed that pre-COVID concerns with academic integrity were amplified with previous concerns moving to the forefront. In addition, the rapid shift opened doors for greater opportunity for violations and increased instructor concern especially within the hard sciences and courses with lab-based components. Reinforcing the importance of providing formal academic integrity student and faculty training can be a beneficial intervention to ensure students understand the ethical implications of student behavior and performance during the assessment process. Given the emerging trend pre-COVID that skyrocketed during the pandemic, ensuring academic integrity should remain a key priority for learning institutions.
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