My other favourite subject is data-protection - so when I was looking
for some information last week to pass on to to the DP list (as they
were also discussing plagiarism & use of electronic detection), I found
the JISCPAS Roadmap Draft version 4 Revision 3 on the JISCPAS site but
can't find it today. Perhaps Fiona can help?
Has anyone else read this document as yet ? It sets out strategically
many of the points made in these two emails.
However, I feel that I have missed something as I was not aware of this
piece of work - which has obviously taken time and effort and wondered
how it had evolved and what is its intended future? Has anyone else
read it?
Margarita
Margarita Rainford
Academic Affairs Co-ordinator
USSU
George MacDonald Ross wrote:
>I don't disagree with Mike. It is a grey area, with only a few instances
>of nearly pure black, and the actions of both staff and students need to
>be taken into account. I wrote rather forcefully in my article, because
>it was directed against a small minority of academics who deny the very
>concept of plagiarism. In my view, this undermines the HE project of
>getting students to think independently. I have come increasingly to
>believe that students are encouraged in bad academic practice at school,
>and that the key to addressing the problem lies in inducting students
>into good academic practice from the moment they enter university, and
>in ensuring that all teaching and assessment fosters good practice. This
>requires much more radical change than adding bolt-on skills modules, or
>issuing students with handbooks. As Mike says, the resolution will not
>be as soon as we like.
>
>George.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike
>Reddy
>Sent: 19 April 2005 09:20
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: How low can it go? Oh, much much lower!
>
>
>Post-Modernism is often represented as "there is no such thing as
>ownership", as George is well known for attempting to refute. However,
>this is not a black and white world. We can choose to avoid the extremes
>of "property is theft" OR to require that "everything is owned" -
>including my DNA, which in America at least can be patented by any
>doctor who took a sample and did a bit of lab work! Both positions are
>valid at the same time. Neither are sufficient alone.
>
>Essays on plagiarism are a reflection of the fact that the academic
>community are discussing the issue (finally). However, I believe it's
>going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better:
>
>1) Denial - about 6 years ago
>2) Panic - about 4 years ago
>3) Attempted Quick Fix - 2 years ago until the present day
>4) Panic - The next two years?
>5) Resolution - Not as soon as we would like
>6) And on to the next crisis in HE...
>
>Stage 2 was all about the students. Stage 4 will be about the lecturers,
>and may require a good deal of soul searching. However, I don't agree
>that we should point the finger exclusively at lecturers - although I
>have regularly gone on the record saying we should look at learning
>practice and assessment strategies - or the students either - Is it just
>me that gets sick of seeing 'cheat' and other emotive words being used
>as if the student body are some sort of low life scum?
>
>The world is not black and white. No matter how comfortable it is to
>totally blame others, or ourselves. Hair shirts solve nothing.
>
>Mike
>
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