implementing an online university-wide solution to plagiarism awareness
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Implementing an Online University-Wide Solution to Plagiarism Awareness. R Walker, W Britcliffe & R Papworth E-Learning Development Team, University of York Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference Jan 2009. Drivers for a University-wide solution to plagiarism awareness training. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Implementing an OnlineUniversity-Wide Solution to
Plagiarism Awareness
R Walker, W Britcliffe & R PapworthE-Learning Development Team, University of York
Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference Jan 2009
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Drivers for a University-wide solution to plagiarism awareness training
Rising number of cases of academic misconduct
Inconsistency in timing / content of academic skills training
Commitment to developmental learning & feedback – as part of wider skills agenda
Wish to establish standardised approach & baseline understanding – to reduce misconduct cases & simplify appeals procedure
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Implementation approach
all new students at University & those who have committed academic misconduct
all staff with supervisory responsibilities for students (inc PGWT)
On-line tutorial: developed by Epigeum, delivered via Yorkshare
Targeted at:
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Implementation approach: York
Compulsory & audited: progression dependent on successful completion of tutorial
Complementary to existing departmental training (f2f tutorials)
Completed prior to first assessedassignment (2008-09)
VLE delivery enabling:
– student registration by SITS course code/departmental affiliation
– tracking via performance dashboard
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Contents of the tutorial
IMS content package
60 mins self-study: video, quiz, interactive scenarios
Focus on academic context to plagiarism: how to avoid it
Advice on correct referencing & citations
Interactive simulation
Student’s perspective through ‘vox-pop’ interviews
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Integration within Blackboard
Disaggregation of content items – insertion into CMS & repackaging
Master template design: learning units, quizzes & wiki for departmental examples
– Web links to departmental referencing page
– Personal journal for note-taking / reflection
– Transcripts (PDF/Doc) for all resources
Mark reviewed tool deployed & adaptive release to force linear progression through materials
Certificate (HTML) generated after successful completion of final tests
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Content customisation
Academic context to materials
Examples of plagiarism
Unintentional plagiarism:
– paraphrasing; patch writing
Guidance ondepartmentalreferencing styles
Consequences ofplagiarism
Postscript page
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Usability: Easy to Use
Student feedback from pilot courses(Autumn term 2007-08)
‘Very easy to use & navigate
around.’
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Intelligibility: Easy to understand
Student feedback from pilot courses(Autumn term 2007-08)
‘It explained everything really well.’
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Value: Usefulness of materials
Student feedback from pilot courses(Autumn term 2007-08)
‘It was useful to go back to it,
and check things when
writing my essay.’
‘The examples were very
useful as you can apply
these to your own work.’
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What’s next?
Spring term review: to reflect on institutionalroll-out (Autumn term 2008-09)
Policy issues: handling joint-honours students
Next steps:
Monitoring completion: Grade Centeremail alert facility
Enhancements: subject-specific examples; collusion
Further actions:
Intermediate version of materials
Mandarin version addressing cultural issues bound up in academic practice
Future plans:
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Skills tab on Yorkshare
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Questions