Plagiarism the Construct, the Research, the Response

Type of Presentation

Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Donna Gunter, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Location

Room 1005

Abstract

See presentation description.

Presentation Description

This workshop will explore the academy's dilemma in dealing with plagiarism in student writing by looking at the research on plagiarism and on Turnitin, a plagiarism detection device. Participants will likely find that plagiarism does not appear in the literature as a rigid construct; however, plagiarism detection device, such as Turnitin, do imply a singular notion of plagiarism. Workshop participants will probably find themselves in lively discussions about plagiarism, faculty fears, student ethics, and the obligations of the academy to respond to what the literature suggests is a rising degree of plagiarism in student writing.

Keywords

Information literacy, Plagiarism

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Gunter, Donna, "Plagiarism the Construct, the Research, the Response" (2008). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 16.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2008/2008/16