Transcript Academic Honesty: The Legal and Ethical Use of Information Ontario School Library Association: Curriculum Support 2002

Academic Honesty:
The Legal and Ethical Use of
Information
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So what’s the problem?
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Widespread phenomenon
On the increase
Academic dishonesty is an ethical issue
Academic dishonesty is a legal issue
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Copyright…that’s just
books, right?
• Copyright respects the authors’ or producers’
ethical and legal ownership of their work
• Ownership of intellectual property includes
books, articles, music, movies, artwork,
photographs and the Internet
• You must acknowledge copyrighted information
when you write a research paper, create a poster,
post a web site or do a presentation
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Academic Dishonesty/
Plagiarism…it’s like...
“lip-synching to someone else’s voice and
accepting the applause and rewards for
yourself”
Owl Online Writing Lab. “Writing a Research Paper.” Purdue University. 2002
Do you remember Milli Vinili?
http://blog.music.aol.ca/2011/10/13/musics-top-ten-scandals/
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What counts as plagiarism/
academic dishonesty?
• using an essay from another course/source
• copying a friend’s homework or project
• using another person’s ideas as your own
• copying and pasting from an electronic
encyclopedia, online database, or the Internet
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As well as …
• buying a paper from the Internet or another
source
• finding an essay in a foreign language and then
using a program to translate it
• faking a citation
• direct quoting of a source without citation
• paraphrasing but not citing the source
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Why do students
plagiarize? They tell us….
• I didn’t know I was plagiarizing
– I don’t really understand the concepts of academic
honesty and plagiarism
• I didn’t think I could do a good job on my own
– I’m not confident that my research and writing skills
are as developed as they should be
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Why do students plagiarize?
They tell us….
• I didn’t have time
-- I have a heavy workload at school, a part-time
job, responsibilities at home
• I was under a lot of pressure
-- School is very competitive and I need top
marks to get into college or university
• I thought I could get away with it
-- Lots of other students do
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Caught!
• Teachers know how it is done
• Teachers know you and your writing style
• Teachers are content experts and read widely
• Teachers, teacher-librarians and administrators work as a team to
trace
suspect information
• We’re heard about and use YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU_3HFCeOvE&feature=related
• High-tech programs are available to detect plagiarism
(turnitin.com)
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Busted!
Consequences might be…
• a zero
• dismissal from a course
• suspension or expulsion
• legal proceedings
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Who gets hurt?
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The creator of the work
Students
Parents
Teachers
Society
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Please remember...
• The goal of every teacher is to ensure that you
develop the skills and attitudes that will make
academic dishonesty a non-issue
• Teachers mark “process”. They want to see a
progression from the initial selection of a topic,
the gathering of resources, the synthesis of
information, and the transfer of learning.
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Academic Honesty: Give
credit where credit is due…
• Acknowledge your sources of ideas and
information when you write a research
paper, create a poster, post a web site or
do a presentation
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Using information in a legal
and ethical way
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Don’t look for “short cuts”.
Give yourself time
Be confident in the value of your own ideas
Be yourself in your writing
Develop strong research and literacy skills
Ask for assistance
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What research and writing
skills are needed ?
• Asking key questions
• Note-taking
• Organizing
• Paraphrasing
• Revising and editing
• Citing sources
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Help is there for the asking
• Teachers and teacher-librarians
• School research- and essay-writing guides
• Books
Large variety of books on writing essays and
the correct use of quotations and citations
• The Internet
– The University of Toronto Writing Centre
www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html
– OWL at Purdue University: Avoiding Plagiarism
owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/REsearchW/plag.html
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What needs to be cited?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK7PdBB
G5po&feature=related
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You can’t just change a few words ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK7PdBB
G5po&feature=related
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And remember Wally ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnO3AqR
kQeU&feature=related
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