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10:30am Monday March 25, 20132520D UCC

Academic Dishonesty in the Real and Virtual World

Academic Dishonesty in the Real and Virtual World

• Background• Real World• Virtual World• Best Practices• Security

Vern DubaClinical Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science

Instructional Services Specialist

Office of Academic Affairs

Code of Student Life 2012-13*• Dishonesty

– Academic Misconduct– Collusion– Use of Fabricated or Falsified

Information– Bribery

* http://dos.uiowa.edu/policy-list/current/student-responsibilities-6/code-of-student-life-2012-2013-academic-year

Code of Student Life 2012-13*• Dishonesty

– Academic Misconduct– Collusion– Use of Fabricated or Falsified

Information– Bribery

* http://dos.uiowa.edu/policy-list/current/student-responsibilities-6/code-of-student-life-2012-2013-academic-year

Academic Misconduct– Cheating– Plagiarism– Forgery– Misrepresentation

• Non-attendance• Late assignment• Previous work/experience• Aiding/abetting

Academic Misconduct– Classroom assignments

• Exams• Papers• Research

– Out-of-classroom • Projects• Practicum• Intern/externships• UI employment

Classroom

– Lecture hall– Discussion room– Laboratory– Clinical

Academic Misconduct– Cheating– Plagiarism– Forgery– Misrepresentation

• Non-attendance• Late assignment• Previous work/experience• Aiding/abetting

Academic Misconduct– Cheating– Plagiarism– Forgery– Misrepresentation

• Non-attendance• Late assignment• Previous work/experience• Aiding/abetting

White Paper: The Sources in Student Writing*

– Turnitin® 2013– Higher education students– 112M content matches/28M papers– 7/2011 to 6/2012

*http://pages.turnitin.com/sources_in_writing_he_2012.html

White Paper - Matches

• 57% legitimate education resources• 43% academically suspect• 19% “cheat sites”• Wikipedia most popular source for

unoriginal content

*http://pages.turnitin.com/sources_in_writing_he_2012.html

Top Ten

• oppapers.com [now studymode.com]

• bignerds.com• papercamp.com• antiessays.com• enotes.com

• allfreeessays.com• termpaperslab.com

• cyberessays.com• ivythesis.typepad.com

• essaymania.com

*http://pages.turnitin.com/sources_in_writing_he_2012.html

White Paper - Recommendations

• Proper research assumptions• Appropriate use of the Web

– Google– Wikipedia

• Employ originality checking applications

*http://pages.turnitin.com/sources_in_writing_he_2012.html

Selected Resources• International Center for Academic Integrity

http://www.academicintegrity.org• Plagiarism.org (iParadigms LLC)

http://plagiarism.org• Indiana University School of Education

“How to Recognize Plagiarism” [tutorial]

https://www.indiana.edu/~istd• University Libraries

http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/copyright• Center for Teaching

http://centeach.uiowa.edu*

Jean FlormanCenter for Teaching

Dave LongITS – Instructional Services

Jon WerthITS – Instructional Services

Originality Report

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Database & Internet CheckStudent Papers

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ICON/Turnitin integration

ICON/Turnitin integration

Other student’s paper

http://www.wikipedia.org/

So How Do I Use It?

TII - Adding Students• Distribute:

– Class ID #– Enrollment

Password

• Enroll manually– Add students

within TII– Students will

receive an email

OR

Go to next paper

Grade

Similarity Index

Go to next assignment

Similar sources

Submitted Paper

ICON

Turnitin via ICON

Student View

Pitfalls & Landmines

• Grades in Turnitin• Student view• Viewing previously

submitted papers (requests)

Rita ZajaczAssistant Professor

Department of Communication Studies

Plagiarism by Type of Assignment

level assignment type of plagiarism

Global Media Studies

intermediate research paper cut and paste from the Internet

Media and Society

elementary application paper, synthesis paper

copy from another student, rephrase another student’s work

Problem with Integration into ICON

• impossible to identify the matching paper– student copies the work of another

student in another section– student copies the work of another

student in a previous semester– student hands in his own paper from

another semester

Prevention and action• go over examples + college policy; repeat warning

before each assignment is due– the problem of “facts”– repeat students

• turnitin.com submission is required for a grade– class ID and password posted during the first

week of classes– explain what turnitin.com is + convenience factor

• initial contact and interview• reporting

Ron KralDepartment of Continuing Education

Questions?Comments?