Academic Integrity Meets Artificial Intelligence : The Case of the Anglophone Caribbean

Academic Integrity Meets Artificial Intelligence examines academic integrity practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Caribbean, assessing the current and potential impact of generative artificial intelligence tools on academic integrity and how HEIs globally have been responding.

Using the Academic Integrity Rating System (AIRS), Baker-Gardner assesses the academic integrity practices of 31 HEIs native to the Caribbean to determine whether these institutions have the structures in place to manage the challenges which are likely to result from the unethical use and possible misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT.

Baker-Gardner promotes an educative approach to academic integrity in which students are supported in the development of academic integrity knowledge and practices through structured programmes. This includes providing them with an understanding of the use of generative artificial intelligence tools and instructing them in how and when to use these tools ethically to support learning.

Ruth Baker-Gardner is a lecturer and the undergraduate coordinator in the Department of Library and Information Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona in Jamaica. She obtained both her undergraduate degree and Master in Library and Information Studies from that same institution. She earned a PhD in Education Administration at the Northern Caribbean University. Dr. Baker-Gardner has over 35 years of experience in the education sector, having worked at both the primary and the tertiary levels. Her research interests include academic integrity, teacher induction and mentoring and school librarianship. She has received several letters of commendations from her university for outstanding performance in teaching. She was also awarded for her contribution to librarianship.