Leeds Economics: Advances in Pedagogy (LEAP)

Current and recent activity here addresses mechanisms of providing effective feedback and feed-forward, including offering advice on avoiding plagiarism.  

• Dr Antonio Rodriguez Gil discusses using current affairs essays to provide feedback and improve realism in teaching a final year macroeconomics module, an area of continuing work for him 

• Dr Antonio Rodriguez Gil and Dr Ali Raza discuss a new case study with the Economics Network on “Using Excel conditional formulae to provide individual exam feedback in large groups.” 

• Dr Rodriguez-Gil along with Dr Jennie Robinson, have created a podcast to improve students literacy on academic integrity. A preliminary evaluation of the intervention can be found here.  

• Episode 1. Self-plagiarism: Did you know that you can plagiarise yourself?  

• Episode 2. Collusion (Accidental & Intended): Are you preparing a piece of work with a classmate? Can you commit plagiarism involuntarily? 

• Episode 3. Using detection websites:  I found a website that gives me a matching score, should I use it?   

• Episode 4. Usual Academic Integrity mistakes in Online exams:  How should I reference during online exams?  

• Episode 5. AI and plagiarism When and how I can use Artificial intelligence? 

• Episode 6 AI and the dissertation/Final year project AI and the dissertation/Final year project. Images and data plots. Coding. Interview transcription. Spell and grammar checks. AI for Lite review. AI and grades