Integrity Games
From The Embassy of Good Science
InstructionsIntegrity Games
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Goal
Integrity Games is a research based learning platform on academic integrity. It is designed to spark interest, reflection and learning through four gamified cases and a library of central concepts.
Requirements
Integrity Games is a tool destined to undergraduate university students across all faculties and all disciplinary fields.
Duration (hours)
0.5
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What is this about?
Integrity Games is built on the idea that academic integrity is more than avoidance of clear-cut cheating. It also involves knowledge of the basic requirements for academic integrity, and competence in navigating the many grey zones between outright cheating and good practice. Integrity Games offer undergraduate students the possibility to reflect on multiple dilemmas and cases. Students and their teachers can start playing Integrity Games by taking a quiz that will personalize their information. Once they have done the quiz, all the cases and dilemmas will be available.
The first version of Integrity Games was developed in 2021 as part of the research project INTEGRITY funded by the EU through Horizon 2020. The site will be continually expanded with new cases and translations.
Why is this important?
Many of the academic integrity issues students face – such as freeriding in group work or handling deviating data - are not covered by the local disciplinary rules, and even if they are, the interpretation of the rules may be context dependent.
Navigating grey zones therefore requires attention to context and reflection on the broader aims of higher education.
Integrity Games encourages this through engaging and realistic cases drawn from a major study on the integrity issues commonly faced by undergraduate students in Europe.Practical Tips
Integrity Games are available in multiple languages and freely available here: Integrity Games.
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