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BC Academic Integrity Day Celebration

BC Academic Integrity Day Celebration In-Person

Join us to celebrate BC Academic Integrity Day! 

With a full program of short talks from members of the UVic community, explore what Academic Integrity means, what challenges and opportunities it brings, and get some practical advice for thinking and acting with integrity.  

Come to selected sessions or stay for the whole event. 

This is a drop-in event. Registration is not required.  

Program

1:00: Welcome, Introductoins
1:05 Citation Myths and how to bust them
1:20 Citation frequency: Learn how and how often to cite your sources in a single paragraph
1:35 The Quatation Sandwich
1:50 In your own words: a two-step srategy for effective paraphrasing
2:05  An introduction to Citation Justice
2:20  Unmask the many faces of fake research: how to protect yourself from Scholarly Misinformation
2:35 Top Ten Wellness tips to help you work with integrity!
2:50 How to use Academic integrity in your future
3:05 Contested authority: How the academy defines "fake news"
3:20 A brief introduciton to Artificial Intelligence.

Date:
Friday, October 4, 2024
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer
Library/Gallery:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to Everyone  

Full Program

1:00 – 1:05
Welcome; Introductions                                                                                                       
what is Academic Integrity?                                                                                                  ,   
  

1:05 – 1:20
Citation Myths and how to bust them.                                                                                            
In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore the top ten (or more)                                   
citation myths, so you can cite with authority!                                                               

1:20 – 1:35
Citation frequency: Learning how and how often to cite                                                      
your source in a single paragraph                                                                                        

This session will discuss “citation frequency” -- that is, how often you should
cite your source in a continued summary. We’ll discuss how to maintain clear
boundaries between your voice and the voice of your source through a
combination of narrative and parenthetical citations and other “voice markers.”

1:35  – 1:50
The quotation sandwich                                                                                                             
Wondering how to smoothly weave quotations into your paragraphs?                            
Join us for a 15-minute overview of “the quotation sandwich.”

1:50 – 2:05
In your own words: a two-step strategy for effective paraphrasing.                                  
This interactive session invites participants to learn about and practice                           
a simple method for paraphrasing that takes some of the guesswork out
of rewording source material effectively.

2:05 – 2:20
Introduction to Citation Justice:                                                                                                  
Learn about the inequalities and politics of citations and strategies for                             
more inclusive citation practices.

2:20 – 2:35
Unmask the many faces of fake research: How to protect                                                     
yourself from Scholarly Misinformation on your academic journey.                                    

Have you ever heard the term “pseudoscience”? Do you know what a predatory
journal is? And why should that even be of any interest to you as a student?
Unlike fake news, the issue of fake research has not yet achieved the level of
notoriety it deserves. However, pseudoscientific misinformation such as climate
change denial or the return of once-defeated diseases due to growing
anti-vaccination sentiment has far-reaching consequences for our society.
This lightning talk aims to raise awareness of this issue at an early stage.
It is particularly important for students who are just starting their academic
careers to recognize fake research as an issue early on, and to consider it in
the context of academic integrity.

2:35 – 2:50
Top Ten wellness tips to help you work with integrity!                                                     
Academic wellness is just one of the many dimensions of wellbeing.                             
Being proactive about your overall wellbeing means you can better
meet your academic goals.

2:50 – 3:05
How to use Academic Integrity in your future                                                                       
In this presentation, the Career Services Team will engage students in                            
considering how the values of academic integrity can prepare them for
practising integrity in their career development and the workplace.

3:05 – 3:20
Contested authority: How the academy defines “fake news”                                          
Authority is called into question increasingly in our ever-expanding and                  
complex information environment, with new platforms, networks, and
media emerging all the time. Given the growth of unreliable information in
our society, the term “fake news” has emerged (as one of many) to describe
much of what we are experiencing. But what exactly is fake news? Without
defining it, how can we even hope to address its influence. For its part, the
academy struggles to define it. This presentation will discuss results of a recent
study that explored how fake news was defined in academic research.

3:20 – 3:35
A brief intro to Artificial Intelligence                                                                                                                           
We will explore some potential uses of Generative AI (GenAI) to assist with 
Student Research, literature reviews, and consider ethical considerations such as 

plagerism, privacy, and research integrity. We will consider some of the ways that the
unskillful use of GenAI can negatively impact people.

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