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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 Presentation
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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
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
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:
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
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
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
Content customisation
Academic context to materials
Examples of plagiarism
Unintentional plagiarism:
– paraphrasing; patch writing
Guidance ondepartmentalreferencing styles
Consequences ofplagiarism
Postscript page
Usability: Easy to Use
Student feedback from pilot courses(Autumn term 2007-08)
‘Very easy to use & navigate
around.’
Intelligibility: Easy to understand
Student feedback from pilot courses(Autumn term 2007-08)
‘It explained everything really well.’
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.’
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:
Skills tab on Yorkshare
Questions