ACODE Projects
Academic Integrity Audit Project
The issue of plagiarism is of interest to ACODE member institutions, including policy makers, teachers and support staff. As the peak body associated with practical and policy issues in higher education in Australasia, ACODE funded an audit of academic integrity and plagiarism issues in Australia and New Zealand. This project was carried out through the Teaching and Learning Centre at Murdoch University.
The aim of this project was to conduct an Australasian audit of initiatives about academic integrity, including plagiarism and measures intended to reduce its frequency, culminating in the development of a repository of academic integrity resources.
A website was developed which provides a snapshot of the current state of play in academic integrity in Australasia and elsewhere. The final report of the project can be downloaded.
Any information in relation to this project can be directed to Dr Rob Phillips.
Professionalisation Project
'Portfolios for Flexible Learning Designers/Developers'
Aims and significance
The aim of this project was to identify the nature of the evidence, and from whom and how it can be gathered, that flexible learning designers/developers can use for the preparation of portfolios for academic promotion and professional development.
The significance of this investigation was that it met a dire need in the higher education sector to identify flexible learning designer/developers as a profession with an articulated career path. This project identified a range of key parameters to guide the construction of portfolios that effectively reflect their roles, responsibilities and expertise. In turn, the development of quality portfolios informed the development of benchmarking for best practice and the identification of career paths for this emerging profession. The project:
- Identified a range of stakeholders with whom designers/developers work
- Identified a range of artifacts which can serve as evidence for portfolios
- Identified processes by which designers/developers can gather evidence to support the development of portfolios
- Produced a resource 'How to prepare a portfolio for academic promotion and professional development’ for the ACODE website, a report to ACODE, an ACODE workshop, and a conference paper.
ACODE Professionalisation Project - Portfolios for Flexible Learning Designers/Developers
This project commenced in November 2005 and concluded in October 2006 - the reports are shown above and are saved in a PDF format. For further information on this project, please contact the Project Manager Ms Jenny Bird at Southern Cross University.