UCF and Core Commitments

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UCF and Core Commitments
Nancy A. Stanlick, Ph.D. Associate
Professor Department of Philosophy

• Educating Students for Personal and Social
  Responsibility

December 12, 2007
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UCF and Core Commitments
Information Fluency
Research and Academic Ethics
Ethics and Responsibility
Core Commitments
Educating Students for Personal and Social
Responsibility
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What Were Doing
Existing and Established
Academic Integrity Seminars for Violations of the
UCF Golden Rule
Broad-Based
After the Fact
See http//pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/stanlick/oscethic
ssyllabi.html
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What Weve Done to Expand

• Grants
• AACU Core Commitments
• College of Arts Humanities
• Information Fluency
• Partnerships
• IST
• IPL
• Film Digital Media Ethics Game Group
• Conferences
• International Philosophy and Information Fluency
  Conferences
• Heresy, Blasphemy, and Freedom of Expression,
  January 2007
• Knowledge Rights and Information Sharing, January
  30-Feb 1, 2008
• Student Development
• Student-led Academic Integrity Seminars
• Ethics Bowls On-Campus
• Course and Curriculum Development
• Faculty development for creation of ethics and
  academic ethics-related content

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Partnerships

• Grants
• Steve Fiore, Institute for Simulation and
  Training Philosophy
• Patricia MacKown, Office of Student Rights and
  Responsibilities
• Martha Marinara, Information Fluency English
• Rick Schell, Academic Affairs English
• Alison Morrison-Shetlar, Undergraduate Studies
• Nancy Stanlick, Philosophy
• Alvin Wang, Burnett Honors College
• Jeff Wirth, IPL/Film Digital Media
• Affiliations
• Rudy McDaniel, Film Digital Media
• Kim Schneider, Undergraduate Research
• Michael Aldarondo-Jeffries, RAMP McNair
  Programs
• Faculty Senate Ethics Task Force
• Student and Faculty Associated Projects
• Students in Philosophy, Education, Business,
  Engineering, Humanities, Theatre, Public
  Administration, Biology.
• Faculty in Philosophy, Religious Studies,
  Political Science, English, Engineering,
  Humanities, Education.

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Expanding Grants

• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• College of Arts and Humanities Research Grant
• Information Fluency

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Expanding Partnerships

• Philosophy, Office of Student Rights
  Responsibilities
• Institute for Simulation and Training
  Interactive Performance Lab EthicsBox

These groups, and more, are involved in creating
dynamic ethics-related simulations, performances,
and video games for teaching content ranging from
academic ethics to medical ethics.
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Expanding Conferences

• 2008 Conference on Knowledge Rights and
  Information Sharing
• Don McCabe, Founder of the Center for Academic
  Integrity
• Wade Maki, Univ. of North Carolina Greensboro,
  The Virtual Philosopher on Teaching Ethics
• Seth Shulman, internationally known author, on
  Knowledge Rights and Information Sharing
• IPL Demonstration, Jeff Wirth
• Ethics Game for Business Ethics
• Student Panel Colloquium on XF Grades
• Integrity Week Jan 28-Feb 1

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Expanding Student Development

• Student-led Academic Integrity Seminars
• Natural Sciences, Biology, Genevieve Metzger
• Honors and lower-level undergraduate, Robert
  Slade
• Education, Alisha Penland
• Humanities, General, Ben Tucker
• Health and Public Affairs, Social Sciences,
  Kristin Wetherbee
• Humanities, Performance, Ryan Petrizzo
• Business Hospitality Management, Frankie
  Soriano

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Expanding Student Development

• Regional and On-Campus Ethics Bowls
• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Southeast Regional Ethics
  Bowl
• 2008 UCF Intracollegiate Ethics Bowl
• Deadline for Registration January 15, 2008
• Competitions in March 2008
• 20 team limit
• 12 cases
• Trophies for Winning Teams
• Selection for 2008 SE Regional Ethics Bowl

UCF Team 2 Burnett Honors College at the
2007 Southeast Regional Ethics Bowl
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Expanding Faculty Development

• Summer 2007 FCTL Faculty Development Conference
• Winter 2007 FCTL Faculty Development Conference
• Spring 2008 Course Innovation Project
• Summer 2008 FCTL Faculty Development Conference
• Winter 2008 Faculty Development Conference

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Expanding Web Presence

• Core Commitments Web/Blog Site
• http//ucfcorecommitments.wordpress.com
• UCF Integrity Web Site
• http//www.integrity.ucf.edu (Under Construction)

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How Can You Help?

• Publicize and Promote Academic Integrity
• Attend and Help Organize Events
• Judge at the On-Campus Ethics Bowl
• Send students to academic integrity seminars
• Develop Course Content
• Call it What it Is
• Support and Promote the UCF Golden Rule
• Help Others to be Informed

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Sources of Additional Information

• Association of American Colleges and
  Universities http//www.aacu.org
• UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
  http//www.ist.ucf.edu
• UCF Department of Philosophy http//www.cas.ucf.e
  du/philosophy
• UCF Core Commitments http//ucfcorecommitments.wo
  rdpress.com
• My Web Site http//pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/stanlick
• Office of Student Conduct http//www.osc.sdes.uc
  f.edu/osc_Resources.asp