PREVENTING PLAGIARISM Nicole Brown nicole.brown@ucl.ac.uk @ncjbrown www.nicole-brown.co.uk
SESSION OUTLINE 1. Workshop context 2. What is plagiarism? sorting activity 3. What is the impact of plagiarism? real cases 4. How can I prevent plagiarism? synthesising 5. How can I check for plagiarism? turnitin practice 6. Integrity code 7. What do I know now? summary sheet 8. Evaluation & discussion Source: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/transforming-ucl/transitional-projects/managing-our-transition-and-activities-at-ucl/pavilion-front-quad
WORKSHOP CONTEXT Programme and student profile Rationale The theory The workshop in practice
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
CASE A
CASE B
CASE B
CASE D
HOW CAN I PREVENT PLAGIARISM? Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher and jurist whose doctrine of Utilitarianism has inspired many great thinkers. When he died in 1832 he left his body to be publicly dissected by his friend, Dr Thomas Southwood Smith, and asked that it be preserved as an auto-icon. Sources: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jeremy-bentham http://pimediaonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jb_collegecouncil_0164_c6ac1.jpg
HOW CAN I CHECK FOR PLAGIARISM? Source: https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/my/
INTEGRITY CODE Anderson, E.M. and Murdock, T.B. (2007), Psychology of Academic Cheating (London: Elsevier). Coughlan, S. (11.11.2015), Harvard students take pledge not to cheat, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34769435. McCabe, D.L., Trevino, L.K. and Butterfield, K.D. (1999), Academic Integrity in Honor Code and Non-Honor Code Environments. A Qualitative Investigation, The Journal of Higher Education 70 (2), 211-234. O Neill, H.M. and Pfeiffer, C. (2012), The Impact of Honour Codes and Perceptions of Cheating on Academic Cheating Behaviours, Especially for MBA Bound Undergraduates, Accounting Education 21 (3), 231-245. UCL Teaching & Learning Portal (27.04.2016), Helping Students to Understand Plagiarism, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/case-studies-news/assessmentfeedback/helping-students-understand-plagiarism Source: http://www.usma.edu/scpme/sitepages/honor.aspx
Integrity Code Statement Surah Fatiha (opening verse of the Holy Qur an) - Arabic Bismillaah ar-rahman ar-raheem Al hamdu lillaahi rabbil alameen Ar- Rahman ar-raheem Maaliki yaumid Deen Iyyaaka na abudu wa iyyaaka nasta een Ihdinas siraatal mustaqeem Siraatal ladheena an amta alaihim Ghairil maghduubi alaihim waladaaleen Aameen Surah Fatiha (opening verse of the Holy Qur an) English translation In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of all the worlds. The Compassionate, the Merciful. Ruler on the Day of Reckoning. You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help. Guide us on the straight path, the path of those who have received your grace; not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray. Amen. Statement I speak now in accordance with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him: I pledge that I will not disrespect the work of others by failing them and crediting another. I will not work in a team and borrow their ideas as my own. I will build knowledge by crediting the original thinkers, their thoughts and ideas, their writings and sayings, in an appropriate manner so that the source can be identified. It is my duty to humanity and to myself as a member of civil society to uphold the shared values that build trust amongst us. It is my duty to model this to serve as an example to the future and my community.
Integrity Code Statement Key Ideas Surah Fatiha (opening verse of the Holy Qur an) - Arabic Bismillaah ar-rahman ar-raheem Al hamdu lillaahi rabbil alameen Ar- Rahman ar-raheem Maaliki yaumid Deen Iyyaaka na abudu wa iyyaaka nasta een Ihdinas siraatal mustaqeem Siraatal ladheena an amta alaihim Ghairil maghduubi alaihim waladaaleen Aameen Surah Fatiha (opening verse of the Holy Qur an) English translation In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of all the worlds. The Compassionate, the Merciful. Ruler on the Day of Reckoning. You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help. Guide us on the straight path, the path of those who have received your grace; not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray. Amen. Statement I speak now in accordance with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him: I pledge that I will not disrespect the work of others by failing them and crediting another. I will not work in a team and borrow their ideas as my own. I will build knowledge by crediting the original thinkers, their thoughts and ideas, their writings and sayings, in an appropriate manner so that the source can be identified. It is my duty to humanity and to myself as a member of civil society to uphold the shared values that build trust amongst us. It is my duty to model this to serve as an example to the future and my community.
WHAT DO I KNOW NOW?
EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION