Thesis
Academic integrity in a digital epoch "what happened when Aristotle introduced phronesis to digital education? how and why do they
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- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2024
- Thesis identifier
- T17044
- Person Identifier (Local)
- 202162786
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- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- Emerging technologies exert accelerating, transformative impacts on global dynamics, organizational structures and both individual and societal paradigms. Within a digital universe, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be its key driver, and a series of human augmented innovations, robots and cyborgs to augur a new epistemic phase, the humanistic sphere is encountered with phenomenal forms of existence, novel ontologies, new thinking frameworks and abstract concepts. However, this also warns of a requisite, incremental apprehension for wisdom and the ethical ground these technologies are built upon. In higher education, these leading -edge technologies have engendered revolutionising ramifications, redefining its boundaries, its institutional practices, its pedagogical strategies, and the overall learning experience, turning academia into an integral component of a digital ecosystem. However, academic community has been sluggish in formulating a cohesive strategy towards allowing or prohibiting current advanced technologies (i.e., AI Generators) within formalised educational settings. Such contemporary dilemmas call for prudent decision making, to ensure a harmonious symbiosis between academic actors and technology while safeguarding academic integrity and the good of humanity, at large. Within this complex digital realm, this study proposes phronesis (practical wisdom) as a fundamental basis for its globally digital functioning in higher education, imbuing academic users with wise discernment and critical capacity directed at the judicious navigation of those innovative technologies. Drawn on the Aristotelian philosophy, this study culminates in a heuristic educational construct, the digital phronesis practicum model, as an imperative for an ethically- based approach, assigning priority to the digital culture of academic integrity and the flourishing of society. With literature lenses on virtue ethics and on phronesis as the highest of intellectual and moral virtues, the digital phronesis practicum model, is framed by four key components (literacy, reasoning, reflection, eudemonic blueprint) and a complimentary tool, the practicum, operating as the roadmap of a comprehensive practical framework, underpinned by 4Rs phases (reconnaissance, reciprocation, realisation, and refinement). The harmonised orchestration of theoretical and practical components of this digital model sets a fundamental infrastructure of digital wisdom ensuring a prudent symbiosis between education and technology for enhancing academic integrity and promoting human welfare.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Klein, Markus
- Adams, Paul, 1969-
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