Activity 3.1a Understanding Plagiarism
Objective (AIM):
To explore the understanding of plagiarism
Motivation (WHY): To build up expertise in avoiding plagiarism cases.
WHO: You should undertake this exercise individually.
Preparation: You should refer to current internet resources published between 2010 to present and to the websites suggested in the resources section.
Resources: A computer connected to the internet
“International Centre for academic integrity” http://www.academicintegrity.org
Understanding & Preventing Plagiarism: Strategies & Resources for Students and Teachers http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/preventing-plagiarism/
Tool: Discussion forum
Duration: 80 minutes
Activity:
WHAT: (to do)
- Browse the internet using the above resources and select at least 3 academic papers on plagiarism between 2010 to date
- Review, discuss and record your opinions / findings and others views on the papers.
- Summarise author views and the methodology used
- Describe how the opinion from each paper relates to yours as an individual and then also to the institution in which you work
HOW: (to respond to the assigned task)
- Please start the task by searching papers for plagiarism using web search engines. You can also visit the suggested links above.
- List the papers and internet sites you visited. Please write the findings from each of the papers.
- You could also provide a direct links to the papers to make life easy for all!
- You should include notes on particular aspects to which you would like to draw the group's attention.
- Share your results and the findings through the created group discussion forum
- Attach your file containing your findings to your discussion forum contribution.
FEEDBACK: (from the group / facilitators)
- Take a look at the other forum contributions describing the other participants' findings
- Reply and comment on at least 1 other participant's review comments / findings.
Assessment:
Completion of this activity will count towards your course portfolio.