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- ItemOpen AccessAcademic Integrity Inclusivity and Accessibility Study: Research Project Brief(Bow Valley College, 2024-06-03) Ferguson, Corrine D.; Toye, Margaret A.; Fiddler, Jaime; Fiebig, Lindsey; Morris, Janalee; Perry, Miriam; Rousseau, JenneferPurpose: The main goal of this project is to assess the academic integrity, policy, procedure, and supports at one community college using multiple frameworks of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), including principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), decolonization and Indigenization, and stress and mental health. Methods: A mixed methods approach to collect both qualitative and quantitative data is used to answer the research question. Academic integrity policy and procedure documents are qualitatively analyzed using current exemplar principles (Bretag et al., 2011b) and a tool created by the research team that assesses inclusivity, accessibility, decolonization, and mental health. Experiences of key stakeholders in the academic integrity process are collected using survey, focus group, and interview methods. It is our direct intention to empower academic integrity stakeholders through their voices, experiences, and their participation to drive change and to engage in community building. Data sources: Publicly available academic integrity policy and procedure documents and stakeholder experiences collected through surveys, focus groups, and interviews from one Canadian community college form the basis of the data for this project. Implications: The project is significant to the college specifically and to higher education institutions more broadly as the multi-framework tool, developed under Creative Commons license, may be used by policy analysts and practitioners to assess academic integrity processes toward reforming policy, procedure, and supports. The project also assesses teaching practices which may help identify stressors and gaps in support for administrators to address in their institutions.
- ItemOpen AccessBuilding Community: Creating Faculty/Staff - Student Partnerships at a Canadian Applied Learning College(Bow Valley College, 2024-04-29) Fergusone, Corrine D.; Toye, Margaret A.; Dyer, FionaBuilding a community of integrity in educational institutions requires the support of all its members (Eaton, 2022). Inspired by Freeman et al. (2014) the students as partners (SaP) movement is one initiative toward building academic integrity community (as cited in Lancaster, 2022). The SaP practice seeks to “engage students and staff as collaborators on teaching and learning endeavours, establishing collegial working relationships based on reciprocity, mutual respect, shared responsibility, and complementary contributions” (Marquis, Black, & Healey, 2017, p. 720). Co-designing and co-facilitating in academic integrity endeavours has the immense potential to promote ownership, autonomy, engagement, and authenticity for learners, conditions that may lead to integrity violations when absent (Bretag et al., 2019). Cultivating partnerships among faculty/staff and students then is intended to prevent academic integrity breaches such as contract cheating (Lancaster, 2022) and other violation behaviours and through relationship building, may positively impact the sense of belonging, wellness, and equity for community members (McNeill, 2022). For institutions such as applied learning colleges the timeframe to engage learners in collaborations toward community building is noticeably short, ranging from 8 to 24 months, and programs are intense. In this poster presentation, learn how one Canadian applied learning college is forming faculty/staff-student partnerships to help build a community to support integrity in the classroom and beyond.
- ItemOpen AccessReporting Workplace Bullying Research(2021-05-30) Sharples, KerryMy research project explores the existing policies, procedures, protocols, and technologies Alberta post-secondary institutions use to report workplace bullying. Current analysis shows little research has been conducted to these specifications in the field and there is much to explore, from user experience to reporting effectiveness. Workplace bullying is an ever-prevalent issue (Farmer, 2011) which has both intense and adverse effects on both the employee, management, and the institution. To help guide my research, I used the Technology Acceptance Model and Constructivism as theoretical frameworks. The research was conducted using case study as its methodology and drawing on aspects from meta-synthesis; qualitative research enabled me to focus on the “what and why”. I researched eight post-secondary institutes within Alberta, as well as engaged with three participants from a post-secondary institute from different backgrounds to bring more meaning and insight to my research.
- ItemOpen AccessBasic Math 1(Bow Valley College, 2016) School of Foundational LearningThis is Book 1 in a series of three Basic Math workbooks, created for you, the learner. The intention behind this book is for you to have an affordable, Canadian, adult basic education math workbook from which to build your foundation in math.
- ItemOpen AccessDoes Stress Matter? Findings from a Self-Report Survey of Contract Cheating Behaviours of Canadian College Students(2023-03-08) Ferguson, Corrine D.; Toye, Margaret; Eaton, Sarah ElainePresentation for the International Centre of Academic Integrity Annual Conference, March 2023.