Language, technology and the law : anti-plagiarism software and students' academic writing
Sutherland-Smith, Wendy and Carr, Rodney 2005, Language, technology and the law : anti-plagiarism software and students' academic writing, in 3rd annual Hawaii international conference on arts & humanities : 2005 conference proceedings, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, T.H., pp. 1-19.
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Language, technology and the law : anti-plagiarism software and students' academic writing
3rd annual Hawaii international conference on arts & humanities : 2005 conference proceedings
Publication date
2005
Start page
1
End page
19
Total pages
19 p.
Publisher
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
Place of publication
Honolulu, T.H.
Summary
Plagiarism is of grave concern for academic institutions in the twenty-first century. Institutions utilise plagiarism policies, honour codes and regulations to ensure students develop a sense of educational integrity. Technology has recently afforded new methods for staff to detect plagiarism – through antiplagiarism software. This paper explores perspectives of seven teachers across five faculties to Turnitin.com (an anti-plagiarism software package) at a large Australian university. The findings indicate that software such as Turnitin.com may assist in the quest to detect text-matching, and perhaps reduce plagiarism. It should not, however, be considered the panacea for plagiarism. Plagiarism policies should also reflect cognisance of the existence of a 'plagiarism continuum' (Sutherland-Smith, 2003) through the use of technology. This research highlights the broader need for institutions to reformulate plagiarism policies in light of cross-cultural perspectives of authorship and attribution of text.
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1541-5899
Language
eng
Field of Research
130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective
930403 School/Institution Policies and Development
HERDC Research category
E2.1 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed
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