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Plagiarism: cross-cultural & genealogical perspectives

Plagiarism: cross-cultural & genealogical perspectives. Jon Baggaley Canada’s Open University, Athabasca & WWEDU, Austria 5 th International Plagiarism Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (July 2012). Conference themes addressed. Clarifying cultural differences

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Plagiarism: cross-cultural & genealogical perspectives

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  1. Plagiarism: cross-cultural & genealogical perspectives Jon Baggaley Canada’s Open University, Athabasca & WWEDU, Austria 5th International Plagiarism Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (July 2012)

  2. Conference themes addressed • Clarifying cultural differences • Discussing plagiarism with students • Longitudinal scope of plagiarism: • a ‘genealogical’ perspective • D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism

  3. A) Clarifying cultural differences Regular student plagiarism over 40 years BUT: Alfred Doolittle: I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's up agen middle class morality all the time…What is middle class morality? Just an excuse for never giving me anything. (Pygmalion, Shaw 1916)

  4. B) Discussing plagiarism with students Reactions by a student when apparent plagiarism suggested: 1. Indignation and denial 2. Accusing teacher of exaggeration 3. Blaming teacher for late action 4. Claiming confusion 5. Claiming ignorance of plag’s meaning 6. Suggesting plag academically valid

  5. C) Longitudinal scope of plagiarism A ‘genealogical’ perspective: Successive uses of “Show highest matches together” distinguish between: a) overlaps between the paper and online sources; and b) overlaps between online sources and each other.

  6. C) Longitudinal scope of plagiarism A ‘genealogical’ perspective: A ‘genealogical’ perspective: From: Baggaley (2011)

  7. C) Longitudinal scope of plagiarism A ‘genealogical’ perspective: Birth: the moment at which material is published; Genetic trace: evidence of the material’s origin in other sources; Parent: previous author of at least part of the material; Marriage: union of materials originating in different sources; Death: the deletion and disappearance of material; Orphan: material derived from sources since deleted; Generation: from the birth of material to its reuse in other material; Ancestor: source of material one or more generations ago. From: Baggaley (2011) From: Baggaley (2011)

  8. D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism Extracts at: Youtube/jonbaggaley

  9. D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism Online course material produced by: WWEDU (2012)

  10. D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism YouTube user warning: “Your video, (x), may have content that is owned or licensed by (x). No action is required on your part; however, if you are interested in learning how this affects your video, please visit the Content ID Matches section of your account for more information. Sincerely - The YouTube Team” Detection of A/V code originality needed

  11. D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism Raise awareness of licensing terms: i.e., explain these and more… • Attribution (CC BY) • Attribution Share Alike (CC BY-SA) • Attribution No Derivatives (CC BY-ND) • Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) • Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) • Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)

  12. Conclusions • Clarifying cultural differences • - fair but firm handling • B) Discussing plagiarism with students • - show awareness of the problem • C) Longitudinal scope of plagiarism • - analogy useful in illustrating problem • D) Dealing with multimedia plagiarism • - streamlining of text and A/V code detection

  13. References Baggaley, J. (2011) Harmonizing Global Education. London & New York: Routledge Baggaley, J. & Belawati, T. (2010) Distance Education Technologies in Asia. New Delhi: Sage. Belawati, T. & Baggaley, J. (2010) Policy and Practice in Asian Distance Education. New Delhi: Sage.

  14. Thank you! E-mail: jon@baggaley.com

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