1. Plagiarism: Confrontation or Collaboration? Computers in Libraries March 23, 2006 Susan Herzog Information Literacy Librarian Kimberly Armstrong Silcox University Judicial Officer Janice Wilson Reference and Instruction Librarian Eastern Connecticut State University

4. Plagiarism & Higher Education  Prevention  Detection  Policy  Enforcement

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7. ECSU Student Handbook (prevention)

8. Information Literacy as a Tool to Prevent Plagiarism (prevention)

10. Resources for Students (prevention)

11. Collaboration  “Them vs. Us” Thinking  Plagiarism: Natural Allies  English Faculty  Writing Center Faculty  Judicial Officer (or campus equivalent)  Center for Educational Excellence (or campus equivalent)

12. Model #1  Director of the Writing Center and Information Specialist at Faculty Retreat

13. Model #2  English Department Faculty and Information Literacy Librarian at Faculty Development Day

14. Model #3  English Department Faculty, Judicial Officer, and Information Literacy Librarian at Faculty Development Day

15. Model #4  English and History Department Faculty, Judicial Officers, and Information Literacy Librarians from multiple campuses at regional Faculty Development Day

16. Model #5  English Department Faculty member from another CSU campus, expert on plagiarism and faculty culture, and Information Literacy Librarian at regional Faculty Development Day

17. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Open to teaching and library faculty from New England  Schedule: 10 am - 3 pm  Limit: 50  Serve Food! Includes Continental Breakfast & Deli Luncheon Buffet

18. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Strategies for Preventing Plagiarism English Professor (10:15-10:45)

19. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Information Literacy as a Tool to Prevent Plagiarism Information Literacy Librarian (10:45-11:00)

20. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Web Site: Plagiarism: A Guide for ECSU Students & Faculty Information Literacy Librarian (11:00-11:15) http://library.easternct.edu/library1/plagiarism/plagiarism.htm

21. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Plagiarism Detection Tools Using Technology to be a Plagiarism Detective Information Literacy Librarian (11:15-11:45)

22. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Academic Misconduct Policies Judicial Officer(s) and/or Faculty Member(s) (11:45-12:15)

23. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Policy Development & Implementation: Who’s Still Talking to Each Other? Judicial Officer(s) and/or Faculty Member(s) (12:15-12:30)  Lunch (12:30-1:30)

24. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Breakout Sessions (1:30-2:30)  Prevention  Detection  Policies  Enforcement

25. Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism Information Literacy & Other Tools to Prevent Plagiarism  Reporting Back (2:30-3:00)  Prevention  Detection  Policies  Enforcement

26. “Positive Fallout”  Invitation to English Department Faculty Meeting  Teaching Excellence Seminars via Center for Educational Excellence  Takin’ It on the Road  Invitation to Academic Affairs Committee Meeting  Collaboration & Plagiarism

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28. Guilty In Whose Eyes? The Chasm Between Student & Faculty Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty: Strategies to Bridge the Gap

29. Guilty In Whose Eyes?  Open to teaching and library faculty from New England  Schedule: 10 am - 3 pm  Limit: 100  Serve Food! Includes Continental Breakfast & Deli Luncheon Buffet  Link to PR, Handouts, PowerPoints and Web Resources posted on presentation web site

30. Challenges Center for Academic Integrity (McCabe)  “…students struggle to understand what constitutes acceptable use of the Internet  …absence of clear direction from faculty  …'cut & paste' plagiarism”

31. Antidote  Plagiarism Statement in Syllabi (Liu)  Clear Definition  Specific Consequences  Consistent Enforcement

32. Challenges Faculty Reluctance  Fear of Confrontation  Focus on Proof  Prior Experiences with Judicial Officers and Administration

33. Challenges Resident Expert  Faculty Phone Calls & Drop-Ins  Requests to Find Proof  Requests for the Perfect Software  If You Suspect A Student Of Plagiarism

34. Developing a Policy  Should be faculty driven  Don’t reinvent the wheel!  What is your campus climate?  Remember we are educational institutions  Provide due process (even at private institutions!)

35. Judicial Procedure  Models:  Hearing Panel (all students, all faculty, mix)  Hearing Officer  Disciplinary Agreement

36. Judicial Sanctions  Penalties  warning  paper  plagiarism workshop  student-run workshop for first year students  suspension

37. Plagiarism Workshop  Academic Integrity quiz  What is academic integrity?  Eastern definitions of cheating and plagiarism  Disciplinary procedure  Examples of cheating  Examples of plagiarism

38. Plagiarism Workshop  Examples of improper paraphrasing  Examples of proper paraphrasing  Using Sources Quiz (The Plagiarism Handbook)  Acceptable Use vs. Plagiarism Exercise (The Plagiarism Handbook)

39. “Plagiarism? But my roommate gave me permission to use his paper and said I didn’t have to cite him.” © © Pyrczak Publishing, 2001. Used with consent of artist.

40. Bibliography  Davidson, Cathy N. “Them Versus Us (and Which One of ‘Them’ Is Me?)”. Profession (2000), pp. 97-108.  Harris, Robert A. The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001.

41. Bibliography  McCabe, Donald L. CAI Research. http://www.academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp  Park, Chris. “In Other (People's) Words: plagiarism by university students--literature and lessons.” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (October 2003), Vol. 28 Issue 5, pp. 471-488.

42. Questions? Concerns? Presentation Web Site http://www.easternct.edu/personal/staff/herzogs/cil.htm http://www.easternct.edu/personal/staff/herzogs/cil.htm The Plagiarism Blog http://tass-plagiarism.blogspot.com /