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CODE Webinar: Managing Academic Integrity in Online Assessment

How can we ensure fairness in online assessment? Join our expert panel to explore strategies for tackling plagiarism and designing assessments that promote integrity.  

The shift to online assessment has raised concerns about academic integrity, requiring innovative strategies to prevent misconduct. This presentation explores challenges, best practices, and innovative assessment designs that balance security and learning, ensuring fairness and credibility in online assessment.

Panellists:

Professor Stylianos Hatzipanagos CODE Fellow and Executive Lead for Research and Scholarship

Professor Alan Tait CODE Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Distance Education and Development, Open University

Dr Michele Milner CODE Fellow and Director of Learning and Wellbeing at the Royal Veterinary College, 91app

Professor Steven Warburton CODE Fellow and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation) at the University of Newcastle, Australia

This Centre for Online and Distance Education Webinar draws from a CODE project and will bring together the project team to share critical insights from our research. This panel discussion will highlight the need for assessment redesign, technological interventions, student engagement, and policy evolution. The speakers will discuss the limitations of technology-based solutions, the role of pedagogical strategies in fostering trust and fairness, and the impact of generative AI on academic integrity. This event is designed for educators, assessment designers, institutional leaders, and policymakers, seeking to develop robust strategies for online assessment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussion on creating assessments that reduce misconduct opportunities, using AI responsibly, and building an institutional culture that supports ethical learning. As online education evolves, ensuring academic integrity requires a balanced, multi-layered approach one that integrates education, policy, and technological innovation to sustain fairness and credibility in digital learning environments.