Detering and detecting plagiarism and collusion

THis wiki is being superceeded by an updated version @ URL -  as of Nov 2008

http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Plagiarism

Resources and guidance 

1. plagiarism - software used to detect & deter plagiarism and collusion, including policies and procedures.
    
2. plagiarism - harvard resources to use in teaching, plus citation management tools for students, including resources to improve scholarly writing..
    
3. Download my PPT (zipped) plus a collection of Harvard quizzes.  >>kev-brace-plagiarism.zip 
4. .  My del.icio.us weblinks covering plagiarism 

Why do we need to do this in HE?

• The prevention, detection and punishment of plagiarism consumes a lot of energy in most higher education institutions.  This tongue in cheek article sums up the state of play neatly. http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/05/2008051301c.htm

• However, it is perhaps worth starting by saying that good practice in dealing with plagiarism is also good practice in terms of learning, teaching and assessment more generally.  Academic integrity is now a new Academy / JISC initiative in addition to the JISCiPAS sevice.  Academic Integrity Service :

  http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/academic_integrity  - take some time to read the latest AmBeR report on that page.

• Setting the same assessment questions year after year, allowing for little individual input and resorting to unseen examinations are not conducive to deeper learning but, unfortunately, characterise many students' experiences.
  • Refs: http://www.physsci.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/briefingpaper/plag6.pdf
  • http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/pub_plagiarism.aspx
  • http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/plagiarismfullreport.doc

• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgche/video/browse/title/judecarr898/   - A concise video that helps to explain the misalignment of student expectations. And.. how we can help to work smarter in designing out plagiarism.

additional advice about plagiarism:

• http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/assessment/plagiarism/index.html
• http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/resources/guides/plagiarism.htm
• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/documents/Roadmap_v4r4b.pdf
• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/designingout.php
• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/plagiarismvideos.php
• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/documents/HE%20in%20FE%20Case%20Studiesreport.pdf  (a HE in FE case study)
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/brookes.pdf
• http://www.cte.usf.edu/plagiarism/plag.html  (excellent interactive tutorial)
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/pub_plagiarism.aspx
• http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=306
• http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/resources/trns/plagiarism/index.html 
• http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/resources/plagiarism/review.php

 

Are you aware of papermills?

The UK’s largest essay bank  www.coursework4you.co.uk is providing students with an easy way to make money. The Company is offering cash in exchange of students' essays, term papers, courseworks and dissertations. Never before have students had an option to sell their papers for CASH and get it IMMEDIATELY.  Heres a "sharing site" which could be construed as an essay bank?  http://www.gradeguru.com/sps/hello.htm, and a couple more to see what they look like ; http://essaysoncall.homestead.com/, http://www.korepetycje.com/indexam.html

The new web page on the information and computer sciences subject centre has a new list of "cheat sites" at URL:

http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/assessment/plagiarism/cheat_plagiarism.html

In addition to that, the whole process is really easy. The website asks you to fill in a simple form, select the payment plan and upload the papers you'd like to sell. It takes less than a minute! No hassle at all!

The Company is obviously quite strict with quality and plagiarism: every paper is checked and plagiarised papers will be declined. But what else would you expect if they are paying CASH?! Ref: http://www.prbuzz.com/

Other sources of Papermills information:

• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/apppage.cgi?USERPAGE=6250

• http://www.academicdb.com/

• http://www.professays.com/ 

 This is what students are saying about TII & intellectual property rights.

http://www.essayscam.org/Forum/12_92_0.html

Students take a lead on plagiarism

Nice to see students taking a lead in dealing with plagiarism:

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1883971.0.u

clan_student_faces_expulsion_following_essay_scam.php

and

http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/12/0

6/News/Class.Plagiarism.Project.Aims.To.Have.UniversityWide.Impact-31349

71-page2.shtml

and of course the long-running Ohio University saga was initiated by a

concerned student