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New Technologies In Education 2017

Belgrade, Serbia

Thursday 9 February, 2017

The New Technologies Of Plagiarism

Exploring the Culture Of Plagiarism In Higher Education

Dr. Thomas Lancaster

Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF PLAGIARISM

SCENE SETTING

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Dr. Thomas Lancaster

Associate Dean - Recruitment

Computing and Digital Technologies

Staffordshire University

United Kingdom

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My Research Background• Researcher in the areas of plagiarism, student

cheating and academic integrity

• Active in the anti-plagiarism field since 2000

• PhD “Effective and Efficient Plagiarism

Detection”

• Experienced Computer Science academic and

teacher

• Work with the media to raise awareness about

plagiarism and academic integrity issues

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Session Questions

• What is student plagiarism and why should we care

about it?

• Has student plagiarism changed? Has technology

changed how we should approach plagiarism with

students?

• What can be done to help students to avoid plagiarism?

• How can we build a culture of academic integrity?

My approach to understanding plagiarism has also changed between 2000 and 2017

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South East European Project on

Policies for Academic Integrity (SEEPPAI)

• Regional study, covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

• Funded by Council of Europe.

• Data collection ended December 2016, final report due April 2017.

http://plagiarism.cz/seeppai

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Need A Little Extra Help?

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STUDENT PLAGIARISM

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Student plagiarism takes place when a student uses

the words or ideas of another individual, without

acknowledging the source of those words or ideas

My standard (informal) description

Student Plagiarism In A Nutshell

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Information is copied

from a website

Work is copied from

another student

Assignment answer

is taken from a

previous year

Examples Of

What Plagiarism

May Mean In A

Student Context

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Student plagiarism is

getting a little extra help ?@DrLancaster


Student plagiarism is not

acknowledging sources ?

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Student plagiarism is

laziness ?

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Plagiarism is not just

committed by students

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WHAT CAN BE DONE?

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The following comments are a

selection of five representative student

survey responses from SEEPPAI(the full report is not yet released – due April 2017)

These are student views, not necessarily recommendations!

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Introduce mandatory course for students to teach

them how not to commit plagiarism in their works,

some students have heard of plagiarism but do not

know exactly what it means.

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more good examples of papers, greater help of the

teaching staff in selection of topics and sources

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make students aware that the penalties for plagiarising

are severe so that when they start writing a paper,

plagiarising is not an option

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obligatory application of software for detecting

plagiarism

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teach kids from ground school about this problem,

plagiarism is a consequence of the society we live in

today

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Cheating fuelled by a wider culture of corruption

Students need to be taught about plagiarism, not just told about it

Support for students needed

during assessment

Penalties need to be harsh and

consistently applied

Some Common Themes From

SEEPPAI Student Responses

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These are student views, not necessarily recommendations!

Design out assessment

opportunities for plagiarism

Provide students with access to

academic writing support tools

Educate students on the

value of completing their

own work

Use plagiarism detection tools

as a preventative measure

Other Recommendations

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GET MORE INVOLVED

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European Network of Academic Integrity

“ENAI is a European platform for promoting academic integrity issues,

sharing experiences, ideas, materials, etc, to help higher education

institutions prevent academic misconduct and promote academic and

research integrity.”

https://www.academicintegrity.eu

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Plagiarism Conference

3rd International Conference, Plagiarism across Europe and

Beyond (24 - 26 May 2017, Brno, Czech Republic)

Theme is “sharing innovative practices in academic integrity”

https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz

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Speak with Goa and Katya from

Turnitin

Turnitin Originality Check

Katya Levchenko – [email protected]

Goa Borrek – [email protected]

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Contact Dr. Thomas Lancaster(Speaking, PhD Supervision, Research Collaborations, Consultancy)

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk

Blog: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk/blog

Twitter: http://twitter.com/DrLancaster

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/thomaslancaster

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