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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. Title Language, technology and the law : anti-plagiarism software and students' academic writing Author(s) Sutherland-Smith, Wendy Carr, Rodney Conference name International Conference on Arts and Humanities (3rd : 2005 : Honolulu, T.H.) Conference location Honolulu, T.H. Conference dates 13-16 Jan. 2005 Title of proceedings 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. ISSN 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 HERDC collection year 2005 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031165 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Deakin Graduate School of Business School of Management and Marketing Institute of Teaching and Learning Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 15 Nov 2010, 08:22:47 EST Thu, 13 Jan 2011, 11:06:48 EST Thu, 13 Jan 2011, 11:07:36 EST Fri, 14 Jan 2011, 09:36:15 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 498 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 15 Nov 2010, 08:22:47 EST

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