At Kansas State University, an institutional strategy to promote academic integrity involves an honor code that is backed up by the K-State Honor and Integrity System, a student judiciary system, and the “Development and Integrity” course... more
At Kansas State University, an institutional strategy to promote academic integrity involves an honor code that is backed up by the K-State Honor and Integrity System, a student judiciary system, and the “Development and Integrity” course for students who have been found in contravention of the code. This article addresses the honor system, related university policies, and the recent development of the online version of the Development and Integrity course. This article includes an introduction, a survey of the literature, relevant pedagogical theories, a brief background, an overview of the course design and development, and lessons learned.
This chapter introduces, Inquisitivism as an approach for designing and delivering web-based instruction that shares many of the same principles of minimalism and other constructivist approaches. Inquisitivism is unique in that its two... more
This chapter introduces, Inquisitivism as an approach for designing and delivering web-based instruction that shares many of the same principles of minimalism and other constructivist approaches. Inquisitivism is unique in that its two primary or first principles are the removal of fear and the stimulation of an inquisitive nature. The approach evolved during the design and delivery of an online full credit university course. The results of a quasi-experimental design based study revealed that online students in the inquisitivism based course scored significantly higher on their final project scores, showed no significant difference in their satisfaction with their learning experiences from their F2F counterparts, and had a reduction in fear or anxiety toward technology. Finally, the results revealed that there was no significant difference in final project scores across the personality types tested. The author hopes that Inquisitivism will provide a foundation for creating effectiv...
The article introduces the possibilities of online learning environment for keeping students` motivation and stimulation their active research work. Comparison of research work with art allowed to suggest main trends for activization... more
The article introduces the possibilities of online learning environment for keeping students` motivation and stimulation their active research work. Comparison of research work with art allowed to suggest main trends for activization students` creative potential in education process in university. Were established that online environment allows to collect diverse experiences and create conditions for the creative process. The structure of online course was created by the implement of the technology of MOOR (Massive Open Online Research). It included information (lectures, books, articles), resources for the interaction (forum, chat), collection of students works for exchanging of experience and collaborate work in research area. Special section includes advises for manage of self-learning process for activization of creative potential. The research approach based on collecting data from the field of students` research works such as articles, course works and master thesis. The quali...
