Abstract
This case study aims to understand how research postgraduate (RPg) students at a Hong Kong university perceive academic integrity before and after participating in the Trail of Integrity and Ethics on the general issues of academic misconduct (TIE-General learning trail), which makes use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology and mobile application to help students acquire abstract concepts (Wong et al., 2018). A total of 33 RPg students, who had completed the mandatory courses on research ethics and teaching skills, successfully completed the TIE-General learning trail. The participants were required to demonstrate their levels of understanding of academic integrity and ethics before and after going through the learning trail. Results of the thematic analysis on the participants’ responses indicated that the RPg students were generally able to show some understanding of the six fundamental values of academic integrity defined by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), namely honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage. Among these six values, the findings suggested that honesty and respect might be the most familiar values to the participants. However, the other four values seemed to be less familiar to them. On top of the above six values, empathy and mindfulness were considered as two other important attributes of academic integrity from the participants’ perspectives. This article analyses the possible impacts of empathy and mindfulness on the academic integrity development of university students.
Highlights
BackgroundLike their counterparts in other tertiary institutions across the globe, Research postgraduate (RPg) students at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) play various important roles in the University community
Eleven Augmented Reality (AR) learning trails were developed with various focuses on the general concepts of academic integrity, ethics education for professional disciplines, and student personal growth programs
The topics adopted in the scenarios seemed to be apparently relevant to honesty and respect than the other four International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI)’s fundamental values
Summary
Like their counterparts in other tertiary institutions across the globe, Research postgraduate (RPg) students at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) play various important roles in the University community. Integrity requires individuals to consistently internalize the sense of wholeness in academic services and works, regardless of circumstances. This expectation is applicable to all stakeholders, including students, teachers, researchers, and administrators, of any academic setting. He/she will consider all the variables or factors involved and make the right choice to contribute, establish and maintain the academic standard in his/her discipline (Killinger, 2007; Busch and Bilgin, 2014) This is a case study which aims to understand how RPg students at the HKU (one of the research-intense institutions in Hong Kong) perceive academic integrity before and after participating in the Trail of Integrity and Ethics on the general issue of academic misconducts (TIE-General). The virtual trail makes use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology and mobile app to help students acquire abstract concepts (Wong et al, 2018)
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