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Plagiarism and Other Types of Electronic Cheating
Nicole Perreault
French staff member, Réseau REPTIC
Useful References
Sources in French used in the preparation of this report:
Internet : Fraude et déontologie selon les acteurs universitaires: This Website conceived by Michelle Bergadaà, a professor at Université de Genève, contains accounts of students who have cheated electronically and teachers who have had to deal with them. It proposes a slide show to use during activities to combat electronic plagiarism as well as tips to prevent and detect it. It also contains criteria for selecting anti-plagiarism software. This is an extremely rich and useful resource.
Le pl@giat électronique dans les travaux scolaires – une pratique qui soulève des questions éthiques. Science and Technology Ethics Committee – Report of CEST-Jeunesse 2005: This report was written with input from collegiate level teachers and students defines electronic plagiarism, suggests solutions and values to promote, and discusses the pros and cons of plagiarism-detecting software.
Le plagiat universitaire. A programme broadcast on Radio-Canada on January 8, 2007 presents results published in the Canadian Journal for Higher Education in September 2006. This study indicated that one student out of two used electronic plagiarism for written work. The programme discussed other forms of electronically assisted cheating, such as purchasing reports on-line, and proposed measures for prevention and detection. This programme can be viewed on Radio-Canada’s Website for two months after the broadcast date.
Results of a search on the Thot site using the word ‘plagiat’ The results of this search yielded much useful information on electronic plagiarism including courses, other references and remedies.
Qu’est-ce que le plagiat et comment l’éviter? This site was designed by the library service of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). It contains an on-line mini-course dealing with what electronic plagiarisim is (examples, consequences, prevention) and how to attribute sources correctly (citations, paraphrasing). There are also suggestions and a quiz.
Comment citer un document électronique? Produced at the library of Université Laval, this reference is very thorough in explaining how to attribute various electronic documents (e-mail, Website, on-line magazines, software, etc.)
Internet, copier-coller-tricher. This site has five video clips. They deal with electronically assisted plagiarism in academic work, profile the typical Internet cheater and list anti-plagiarism measures. These videos can be used in workshops and courses dealing with this problem.
Additional English Material:
Quizzing and Testing
Grading Homework and Quizzing on the Web - What to look for when selecting online quizzing packages.
Quizzing, Testing, and Homework on the Internet - Performing assessments online
Academic Honesty issues for online teaching and learning
Academic Honesty in Online Education , by Virgil Varvel
Strategies to Minimize Cheating Online - Strategies to minimize a student's tempatation to cheat.
Curbing Academic Dishonesty in Online Courses , by Mike McNett - How can you be sure that the person taking the test is actually your student? And that they are acting alone, without the book?
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Comments by readersReact to this text
The Ryerson Facebook Issue
The Facebook plagiarism scandal happening at Ryerson is an interesting twist to this issue. You can read about it in http://www.theglobeandmail.com.
Norm Spatz, animaweb, Profweb [2008-3-12]A New Low!
Electronic plagiarism has hit a new low! On the site of ExamEar [ http://www.examear.com ], now closed, there was a catchy subline of 'helping students to succeed worldwide'. This Canadian site sold kits containing a nearly invisible flesh coloured in-ear receiver with a handle cleverly disguised as an ear hair. Students need not have a confederate nearby providing answers. An mp3 recorder placed outside of the classroom could do the job! Prices for packages began at $185.00. Be the first one on your block!?
Norman Spatz, Animaweb, Profweb [2007-8-19]