I led the development of the Academic Honesty Assistance tutorial, also known as AHA with Lisa Callagher and Lynne Mitchell. This tutorial provides about four to six hours of instruction and assessment on Academic Honesty.
Many tutorials on plagiarism focus on what 'must' be done, and the penalties for non-compliance. This tutorial is different, because it develops an understanding of knowledge building culture of the University and so it focuses on 'why' it is necessary to be academically honest. The tutorial then provides tools and strategies to assist the student with that goal.
The tutorial has been tested with a large stage I class (900+ students), and has been found to have a positive impact on increasing the level of academic honesty, and thus reducing the level of activities such as plagiarism.
The development of AHA was funded by a $10,000 Teaching Improvement Grant. Currently, other departments and faculties are looking at adopting AHA.