Ethics: Plagiarism and Online LearningIn any learning situation, honesty and integrity are of paramount importance. The issue of plagiarism has become a major stumbling block for online learning and has led some people to underestimate the qualifications of online learners. Serious doubts have been cast on the integrity and real value of online learning and teaching. Buying to specification, essays, thesis or projects for submission as a student's own work for assessment purposes is another area of concern. Such practices should be discouraged and penalized. Online TAs can help a great deal in limiting such practices by informing students appropriately about plagiarism and how to cite and acknowledge other people's work correctly. Examples are available online at:
On the other hand, plagiarism often is used within academia as a reason/excuse for reluctance to adopt e-learning. However, plagiarism could be as much a risk in traditional classrooms as it is in technology-delivered scenarios. Anti-plagiarism sites:
Checking services: These are some of the sites that take selected text and attempt to determine if the provided text is plagiarized
Online TAs are also encouraged to visit our “Citation Styles” section to see what style and formats are commonly used for citing documents from different sources. How to Cite BrainMass Material? |
