Busting plagiarism

Workshop

• description:
• objectives: learn to detect plagiarism with the aid of electronic tools; start a nuanced conversation about intellectual dishonesty and plagiarism
• methodology: panel discussion from different fields, use of detection tools
• related issues: intellectual dishonesty and licenses (copyright, Creative Commons, open source)

Suggested Readings

• 12.1. "Student Conduct and Discipline," UP Diliman Faculty Manual
• Why Computer Science Students Cheat
• Head and Eisenberg, "How today's college students use Wikipedia for course-related research"
• Jason Johnson, "Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too," Washington Post, 25 March 2007
• Jonathan Lethem, "The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism," Harper's, Feb 2007
• The Open University's approach to plagiarism
• How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play

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