Academic Integrity: Importance, Implications, and Reflection on Developing a Game

This report discusses the meaning and importance of academic integrity, its implications, and the steps taken to develop a game. It also reflects on the skills enhanced during the process. The report emphasizes the importance of academic integrity in higher education and discusses the consequences of academic misconduct. It also provides insights into the steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game, along with the skills learned during the academic year.

Academic Integrity

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Section 1...........................................................................................................................................4
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity............................................4
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education...........................5
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct.................................................................6
Section 2...........................................................................................................................................7
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in producing the game....7
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those emphasized in producing
game.......................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES:.............................................................................................................................10
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity can be defined as the values and the dedication towards the education
in the academics. This is a wide concept as it includes various elements like honesty, respect and
trust. Academic integrity focuses on to put efforts in achieving the qualities of honesty, fair
practices and being responsible for understanding the concept. This concept is very beneficial for
the students as if they posses all this quality it will give much benefit to them in the future.
Academic integrity helps the students in achieving the goal of their life and it shows that the
positive behaviour of the students towards their work and studies (Sefcik, Striepe and Yorke,
2019). This report will contain the complete explanation about the academic integrity.
Importance of the academic integrity in the higher education will also be discussed. Implications
of the academic will also be taken into account. There will be the discussion on the steps and
difficulties that comes in the way for developing the game. At last of the report there is a
discussion on the sills that has been learns in the academics.
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Section 1
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
Academic integrity can be explained as the various codes that are uses by the educational
institutions. This concept helps the students to become more efficient towards their studies.
There are various factors that academic integrity includes from which a student becomes more
punctual towards their education. As a student in the college or university there are various kind
of practices that they should do while studying in the college. Academic integrity in a student life
includes that they should follow rules in the colleges or schools, should done the work on time,
should be more punctual towards their academics goal. In this concept student follows follow six
moral values that are trust, respect, responsibilities, courage, fairness and honest. This theory
focuses on that student should do their work and assignments by their own and should not take
any helps form others (Eaton, 2020). Fairness of the students can be seen that how they treat the
other students in the colleges or the schools. If the students have enough courage and guts to
challenge the difficult situations in the colleges that reflects the bravery of them. There are
various rules and regulations that are being made by the colleges and educational institutions in
order to create a good environment. If any students in the colleges do not follow the rules and

regulation that are made, then they have the power to take strict action against them. This overall
plays a important role in the life of the student as they make the student more disciplined towards
their work. Academic integrity is not just made for the students but it is too very beneficial for
the teachers as well. This concept plays an important role in the lives of teachers as this
facilitates them that how to treat the students in the college or the educational institution. This
allows them to treat students equally in the schools without any discrimination. This concept is
for each and every individual to become more honest and responsible towards the society.
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education
Academic integrity plays an important role in the overall development in the life of the
student. It gives the best opportunity to the students to build and develop the various qualities in
the behaviour of them which help them in getting more success in the future. By adopting
academic integrity student learn various qualities like responsibility, trust, honesty and the most
important that treated everyone equally. These are the qualities that make the student more
effective towards goal of their life. Academic integrity plays several roles in the student’s life
that are as follows:
 Important for carrier: These qualities helps to gives more opportunities and chance to
the student through which they can learn that assignments should be done by their own
without the help of the others. This helps the students to get the knowledge that hoe the
assignments are to be done. This helps them to achieve more growth in their carrier.
Important for educational organisation: academic integrity also helps the educational
institutes to eliminate the unethical practices form their institutions (Forsha, 2021). They can
take action against the students who does not follow the rules and regulations of the college.
This concept helps to maintain the reputation of the institution in the educational sector.
 Enhancing the quality of teaching and learning: Academic integrity helps to increase
the quality of the teaching as well as the learning in the educational institutions. This
concept focuses on that all the students in the educational institutions should follow the
rules and regulations that are being made by them. This helps the students to become
more obedient and responsible towards the colleges as well as the society. They regularly
monitors the activity of the students if they find any miss conduct with the rules then they
can punish them which helps to build more responsible student and a person.

Discuss the implications of academic misconduct
Sometimes students disobey the rules and regulations in their academic life through which
they face various challenges and issues in the future and they also find trouble in getting the
appropriate job for them (Eaton, 2021). There are several consequences that students face in the
future that are as follows:
 Social consequences: This is one the most main consequences that student faces as they
misconduct the rules in the colleges and also do cheating in the assignment that causes a
big impact on the life of the students (Bretag, 2019). It affects the growth of the student
in the upcoming future.
 Loss of intellectual property: Cheating in the academic and doing the dishonesty is like
stealing the assets of someone. This means that not doing the assignments by their own
that causes the loss of intellectual property of the real owners.
 Legal consequence: If any student does not obey the rules and regulations of the
educational institutes also do violence in the institutes. They have the power to take legal
actions against the students.
 Plagiarism: It is one of the most impact full academy misconduct that creates problem
for the student. It is the act of using others work in own name. The students used various
different ways to copy the content and it is covered under plagiarism. They do not give
the credibility to the real author and publish the same in their own name (Fatemi and
Saito, 2020). It is important to note that the plagiarised content is not accepted by the
University and the student has to face various issues. If a student is found copy and paste
the content, then the assessment is not taken for evaluation. It is risky for students to do
the same because legal consequences can be faced by the students. It is an unlawful
activity done by the students. It is also the case when the students are unable to provide
right references and it is also part of academic misconduct. There are strict actions that
can be taken by University against the student.
 Cheating: It is not acceptable and the students must not cheat as it is against integrity.
The students are indulged in such activities in order to pass in the examination. But there
is direct impact of cheating on the life of students. If they are caught cheating, then strict
actions are taken against them. They will not get pass in the exam and will get
punishment as well. The use of latest technology helps to identify the students and their

work that is being done by cheating. The students must learn by themselves and give
exams honestly know their real performance.
 Professional misconduct: It is the wrong behaviour of the students and their attitude that
is the reason of professional misconduct. The ineffective behaviour of the students
creates negative impact on learning of the students and they do not follow the ethics
(Waghid and Davids, 2019). It is necessary to respect each other in University and being
responsible for the work done by them. The students must have team building skills and
ability to work in team.
Section 2
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in producing the game
I have a good experience of producing the game. It was a nice experience and I am able to
enhance my skills by developing this game. There is need of creativity in order to develop again
and helping to formulate the same (Singhal, 2021). In the starting I was unable to decide upon
the game and there was confusion. All of our team members conducted a meeting in gave ideas
through brain storming techniques that help us so much. After deciding upon the game the first
task was to give an effective and creative name to the game. We decided the name of game and
took approval of all the team members. We collectively work on deciding the aims and
objectives of the game.
It is necessary to take necessary actions and develop the steps that are involved in playing
the game. There are certain conflicts that took place at the time of working in team. All the team
members have their own way of doing the work (Sotiriadou and et.al., 2020). But, the leader
helps to manage the work. There is importance of deciding the roles and responsibilities of the
games.
The game is designed in such a manner that the students are able to develop their skills and
ability related to academic integrity. There is need of setting systematic way of managing the
work and become part of game. This will help the students to learn fair practices. I am also able
to enhance my skills and knowledge regarding the topic. I am also able to develop coordination
and team working skills that will help me in future.

Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those emphasized in producing
game
There is requirement of certain skills that help to carry on the work effectively. At the time
of producing game I am able to enhance my skills. By having creativity skills, I was able to
develop the game properly and get good ideas to develop the game. There is need of
communication skills that help to work together in team and interact with others (Garwe, 2019).
Also by developing the game in team I able to enhance my corporation in coordination that will
help me in future to undertake more projects. At the same time, I am able to learn time
management skills by carrying the project on time and setting priorities. All these skills will help
me to carry on the work effectively.
There is need of learning these skills and using the same in future. The research skills
helped me to analyse information regarding academic integrity. These are necessary skills for a
student to carry on the project. There is need of working on writing skills and using them in
future. Carrying the work in deadlines will help me to know about the value of time management
skills.

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is concluded that academic integrity is essential in students.
Honesty, trust, responsibility, respect, and fairness are all part of same. Academic integrity
entails putting these qualities into action by being truthful in academic work, being fair to others,
and accepting responsibility for learning and adhering to the norms. In the starting of this report,
there is analysis related to meaning and importance of academic integrity. Implication of
academic integrity is part of this report. The steps taken to develop the game and skills enhanced
at this time is mentioned in the end of this report.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Sefcik, L., Striepe, M. and Yorke, J., 2019. Mapping the landscape of academic integrity
education programs: what approaches are effective?. Assessment & Evaluation in
Higher Education.
Eaton, S.E., 2020. Integrity Hour: A Guide to Developing and Facilitating an Online Community
of Practice for Academic Integrity. Online Submission.
Forsha, S., 2021. Psychological Coping Strategies: Influences on Academic Integrity. Education,
142(1), pp.53-64.
Eaton, S.E., 2021. Academic integrity and literacy. In University Teaching in Focus (pp. 163-
178). Routledge.
Bretag, T., 2019. Academic integrity and embracing diversity.
Fatemi, G. and Saito, E., 2020. Unintentional plagiarism and academic integrity: The challenges
and needs of postgraduate international students in Australia. Journal of Further and
Higher Education, 44(10), pp.1305-1319.
Garwe, E.C., 2019. Quality assurance agencies: Creating a conducive environment for academic
integrity. South African Journal of Science, 115(11-12), pp.1-7.
Singhal, R., 2021. Measures To Promote Online Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A
Case Study of AIT.
Sotiriadou and et.al., 2020. The role of authentic assessment to preserve academic integrity and
promote skill development and employability. Studies in Higher Education, 45(11),
pp.2132-2148.
Waghid, Y. and Davids, N., 2019. On the polemic of academic integrity in higher education.
South African Journal of Higher Education, 33(1), pp.1-5.