>From: Terry McAndrew <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Plagiarism <[log in to unmask]>,              Terry McAndrew <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: preventative education >Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:09:31 -0000 > >Hi Hannah, > >This year I spent some practical time on plagiarism with new Bioscience >undergraduates. > >I did this simple exercise first; >http://www.le.ac.uk/teaching/teaching/pdf/willmott.pdf > >I took them through the registration and submission of deliberately >plagiarised work to submit.ac.uk to demonstrate how tools like this can >quickly pick up C&P material from the web and each other. I stressed how we >were keen to protect their academic integrity and were not accusing them of >bad habits. I DID NOT use the service to check any of the summative academic >work, I just let it been seen how I could do so if I wished. All were >impressed with the pretty colours and links to the source websites which >appeared in a few minutes in my projected 'tutor-window' at the front of the >practical. > >I also experimented with using student mobile phones to answer MCQ questions >within the lecture: Students build a response string which I then parse into >separate answers on a website (ASP.NET) to discuss the responses. This means >I have only to refund one text message. Anyway, in one question I asked; >"Now that you understand more about plagiarism, have you committed it >accidentally or deliberately in the past" followed by a number of likelyhood >options - the resultant bar chart demonstrated to all why we are keeping a >very close eye on this as the sinless were a significant minority. > >Regards, > >Terry McAndrew MSc BA PGCLTHE > >C&IT Manager >LTSN Centre for Bioscience >Room 8.49n >Worsley Medical and Dental building >University of Leeds >LS2 9JT > >Tel:    +44 (0) 113 343 3593 >Fax:    +44 (0) 113 343 5894 >Email:  [log in to unmask] >http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hannah d. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 31 December 2003 16:39 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: preventative education > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm interested in ways in which we educate our students about > > plagiarism: how we go about making it clear to them what > > forms of citation is acceptable, how to quote, and so on. > > > > In particular, i've seen some interesting use of plagiarism > > _detection_ systems being used to highlight text - mock > > essays with some plagiarised portions and some correctly > > cited portions - and the subsequent report being used as an > > aid to discussion of the issues. > > > > Do people on this list have any experiences, tips or tricks > > they might like to share about ways of educating students to > > prevent plagiarism in the first place?  Do you have a handout > > you give to students highlighting what plagiarism is? I have > > seen much which details what the penalties are, but less > > which deals with the nature of plagiarism in a > > straightforward and understandable manner, and would be > > interested in hearing how people at other institutions tackle > > this problem. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > .h > > > > -- > > hannah dee. > > vision group, school of computing, university of leeds. > > > > ************************************************************** > > *********** > > You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To > > Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list > > archives,  visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html > > ************************************************************** > > *********** > > > > > >************************************************************************* >You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change >your subscription options, or access list archives,  visit >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html >*************************************************************************