Ever since global circumstances pushed classes into remote settings, the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) has stepped up as trusted consultants to other institutions, leaning on their decades of online teaching & learning experience as one of the largest distance-learning institutions in the world. In times of unexpected changes in higher education, UMGC is a lighthouse for institutions struggling to adapt.
They began their academic integrity initiative through a working group in 2017 to address traditional punishment-oriented approaches and contract cheating. By reviewing their policies, they found that what previously existed focused on what not to do, instead of a more formative approach on what to do, with a focus in key areas: curriculum design, faculty development, policy and process for academic integrity, and educational and academic technology.