we cannot expect students to act in ways that are respectful of academic integrity if we don’t explain what it is, why it is so important, and teach in ways that reflect its importance." (Sefcik, Striepe & Yorke, 2020, my emphasis)
Academic integrity is not plagiarism. We are cheating our students by positioning it that way. https://t.co/8cIsFd3c4A New blog post at @Monash_Academy #academicintegrity #plagiarism #cheating #misconduct #AcademicTwitter #highereducation
One prominent example of a successful program for preventing plagiarism is found at Turnitin.com. This is a group of dedicated professionals working to stop the spread of Internet plagiarism and promote new technologies in education. Their team is an eclectic mix of former teachers, doctoral students, designers, computer scientists, and business professionals located in Oakland,California.
Plagiarism is the act of taking another person's writing, conversation, song, or even idea and passing it off as your own. This includes information from web pages, books, songs, television shows, email messages, interviews, articles, artworks or any other medium.