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Date: February 10, 2005

Issues in eTeaching: Plagiarism & Cyber-Cheating (Part 2)
By Chip Donohue

Last week I shared some information and resources for eTeachers on copyright, intellectual property and fair use online. This week the focus is on issues of plagiarism and cyber-cheating by students. The Internet offers a world of ideas and resources for your students, but it may also offer temptation to "borrow" content by cutting and pasting material from one source to another with a few keystrokes and clicks of the mouse. And Websites like "schoolsucks.com" and "a1-termpaper.com" offer easy access to reports, papers and essays for college students. The following articles offer some food for thought and a few suggestions for eTeachers about these cyber-age challenges.

Educator's Voice. (2004, April 14). Online Plagiarism: Copy and Paste or Cite and Paraphrase? eCollege. www.ecollege.com/news/EdVoice_arch_0414.learn

Hinchliffe, L. Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism: Preventing, Detecting, and Tracking Online Plagiarism. [on-line]. http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm.

Howard, R. M. Forget About Policing Plagiarism. Just Teach. Chronicle Of Higher Education 16 November, 2001 : B24. ProQuest. Woodhouse Library, Grand Rapids, MI. 18 Feb. 2004 http://www.proquest.com/

Kellogg, A. P. Students Plagiarize Online Less Than Many Think, A New Study Finds. Chronicle Of Higher Education 15 February, 2002 : A44. ProQuest. Woodhouse Library, Grand Rapids, MI. 18 Feb. 2004 http://www.proquest.com/

Laird, E. Internet Plagiarism: We All Pay The Price. Chronicle Of Higher Education 13 July, 2001 : B5. ProQuest. Woodhouse Library, Grand Rapids, MI. 18 Feb. 2004 http://www.proquest.com/

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