Copyright and intellectual property
The thought of the work I've created for an online course not being mine is something I've never thought about before. It was interesting to see Ko and Rossen recommend that you should do an online search every six months or so using identifying phrases from your work to determine if someone else is using your material (p. 177). The response is then to send a warning note to the author of the page with your material on it.
This makes sense. I did a research paper for another course last semester concerning student plagiarism. I made the same recommendation, based on other's research, to determine which students plagiarized all or portions of papers turned in for credit. A site with various links concerning the detection of plagiarism is http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html.
Ownership of digital content is such a tough issue. I no more want someone to take my hard work than fly to the moon. I also don't want my students to represent someone else's content as their own. It's hard, though, to know what is acceptable and what isn't. The rules and guidelines must be clarified when possible and then must be taught to students beginning in the lower grades and clear on up through graduate school.
posted by Sarah M. Freking @ 1:37 PM
1 Comments:
This was a timely post! We have been dealing with multiple issues of student plagiarism in the last several weeks, mainly with undergraduate students. We've also had to address/remind students what constitutes copyright infringement, an aspect of particular interest to those involved in online lesson or course design.
Typically, we'll let the student know they've 1) plagiarized, 2) violated the student code of conduct, and 3) provide a grade of 0 on an assignment. If it happens twice, the student can fail the course or be expelled from the program or university.
I didn't realize how rampant plagiarism had become, especially with multimedia. It is definitely an issue of concern in today's online learning environment.
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