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process
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ethical
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With increasing reliance on online
learning, the problem of plagiarism is growing exponentially. This Strategy
is a holistic approach, drawing together sound practice, principles of
e-learning and creative uses of ICT into a powerful pedagogy. It is possible
to significantly reduce or eliminate plagiarism by designing tasks thoughtfully,
being explicit about processes, attending to the functions of language,
rewarding process as well as product, developing students’ ethical
intelligence and using simple strategies to detect theft of intellectual
property.
Countering plagiarism is far more than teaching citation
and using search engines to catch erring students. It is about both effective
teaching and changing the prevailing culture within educational institutions.
In order to achieve this I believe that there are 10 things teachers need
to focus on. A brief description follows and these are expanded on other
pages.
You are invited to comment on the strategy as a whole,
or any aspect of it at my blog.
1
focus on question setting
develop a focus on setting questions requiring higher order thinking (and
for which ready made answers are unlikely to be available)
2 teach
skills explicitly
teach students research skills such as how to analyse questions and break
main tasks down into the sub questions usually required to frame an answer
3 make
student thinking visible
require students to develop concept maps and/or detailed outlines to plan
their responses and discuss this with them
4
value the process as well as the product
demonstrate that you value the process as well as the product by being
explicit about processes. Show you are serious by awarding marks for research
notes, developed outlines, drafts and proper referencing
5
adopt a school wide referencing system
adopt a single referencing system that every student in every subject
should understand and be expected to use
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6 consider
the linguistic evidence
increase your awareness of the linguistic markers that are the ‘smoking
gun’ of plagiarism
7 know
your students and their abilities
encourage the use of occasional tasks done in class under test conditions
so you know what a student’s unaided writing is like
8 develop
ethical intelligence
discuss the issues of plagiarism and intellectual property. Be concerned
about the development of ethical intelligence and teach proper referencing
so expectations are clear
9 use
search strategies to detect ‘borrowings’
have a range of search strategies available to help detect ‘borrowings’
10
have strategies to discuss suspect pieces
if you do find a suspect piece you need to approach the student strategically.
The goal is to keep the student engaged in learning.
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