Plagiarism - What's The Difference?
Jakar Dzong, Bhutan. The huge prayer wheel and the small monk were blurred with a long exposure. I'm sure I'm not the first photographer to have used a long exposure for this subject, but as long as I am not copying someone else's photograph, I have nothing to fear! David Oliver and I are leading a group to Bhutan next year - only a few places left, so get in touch if you're interested. In the AIPP's The Working Pro newsletter this month, I wrote a piece about plagiarism - the direct copying of someone else's work. The problem isn't in the copying, it is in misrepresenting the photograph as being your own work. So, what about subjects that have been photographed before? If plagiarism were based on subject matter, portrait photographers would be in trouble because we all take photos of people! On social media recently, there have been a few examples of photographers exhibiting images that are incredibly similar to the work of other photographers.
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Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age
“Now we have a whole generation of students who’ve grown up with information that just seems to be hanging out there in cyberspace and doesn’t seem to have an author,” said Teresa Fishman, director of the Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University. “It’s possible to believe this information is just out there for anyone to take.” Professors who have studied plagiarism do not try to excuse it — many are champions of academic honesty on their campuses — but rather try to understand why it is so widespread. In surveys from 2006 to 2010 by Donald L. Perhaps more significant, the number who believed that copying from the Web constitutes “serious cheating” is declining — to 29 percent on average in recent surveys from 34 percent earlier in the decade. Sarah Brookover, a senior at the Rutgers campus in Camden, N.J., said many of her classmates blithely cut and paste without attribution. Ms. A University of Notre Dame anthropologist, Susan D. Photo Ms. In the view of Ms.
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Talking plagiarism with students | Lucacept - intercepting the Web
Today I spent some time with students discussing the issue of plagiarism. It’s an important issue to discuss, and one that I would prefer to cover at the start of the year rather than nearer the end of it, but I take heart from the fact that we are having these important discussions with our student population. I thought I’d share some of the resources I used to put my presentation together. First up, I think it’s important to note that one of the General capabilities that need to be addressed in the upcoming Australian Curriculum is Ethical behaviour. Here’s the information pertinent to this from the Australian Curriculum site. In the Australian Curriculum students develop ethical behaviour as they learn to understand and act in accordance with ethical principles. Understanding the need to behave with academic honesty certainly is an ethical understanding our students need to have. I really liked the quote they use on their page, and made a point of discussing it in detail. Like this:
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Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean's words
Editor’s note: Since the publication of this article, the University of Florida terminated Chris Loschiavo’s employment when it learned he used his UF work computer account to purchase pornography. Cheating in college has been with us since the inception of higher education. In recent months, cases of cheating, including large-scale cheating at elite colleges, have led to considerable turmoil. Many of these behaviors could well start to take shape right at the level of high school. A survey conducted by renowned academic integrity researcher Don McCabe shows how widespread the problem is in high schools. Large-scale cheating In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, McCabe found “64% of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58% admitted to plagiarism and 95% said they participated in some form of cheating, whether it was on a test, plagiarism or copying homework.” Statistics for cheating for college students are much the same. So, what could possibly lead to such behaviors?
DSU: BIO 101 - Plant Structure
BIO 101 Principles of Biology IIStructure of Flowering Plants • Dicots • Embryo in the seed has two cotyledons (seed leaves) • Stem vascular bundles arranged in single ring • Flower parts are in multiples of 4 or 5 (or many of each) • Leaves have net venation • Root system is usually a taproot • Monocots • Embryo in the seed has one cotyledon • Vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem • Flower parts are in multiples of 3 • Leaves have parallel venation • Usually have a fibrous root system • We start our discussion of plant structure by looking at the overall external form of a typical vascular plant. • Plant organs • A vascular plant consists of collections of organs • An organ is a structure composed of several types of tissues • The tissues of an organ function together in a coordinated way • There are three types of vegetative organs - root, stem, and leaf • “Vegetative” means “non-reproductive.” • A plant consists of a root system and shoot system • Root system • Anchors the plant in place
