Technology and Academic Integrity (lecture)

This short video lecture briefly explains limitations of tools for detecting of academic misconduct to support their proper use in education. The two types of technology included are text-matching software and AI tools for detection of text generated by AI. Understanding of these tools and their limitations enables to set relevant policies and procedures correctly to support building culture of academic integrity.

The lecture is based on two pieces of research:

• Foltýnek, T. et al. Testing of support tools for plagiarism detection. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 17, 46 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-020-00192-4
• Weber-Wulff et al. Testing of Detection Tools for AI-generated Text. International Journal of Educational Integrity 19, 26 (2023). https://www.biomedcentral.com/epdf/10.1007/s40979-023-00146-z

The lecture was created withinin Erasmus+ project Facing Academic Integrity Threats (2021-1-TR01-KA220-HED-000027559), www.academicintegrity.eu/wp/faith.