This was a paper Vickel Narayan and I presented at the eFest meets Teaching & Learning conference, UCOL 2009. It was an interesting experience at a vibrant conference. A time for firsts, it was Vickel's first time to present and write an academic paper for a conference, and it was the first time that we had written and presented together. I felt that we both learned a lot on the way, from each other, from the feedback we gathered from the audience (see below), and from reflecting on how well it went on the day.
It was an interesting audience, and it was great to have much more of a discussion underway throughout the session. There appeared to be a lot of sharing of experiences, strategies, and problems faced, which saw the audience fully engaged. Throughout the session there was also a couple of people Tweeting about main points, and I found this was a great way, afterwards to see how people had interpreted what had been said, and what they saw as central points. It was also great to find out, for example, that the mindmap I had made building on previous work I'd done in 2006, was in fact useful and did illustrate some key factors behind why learners plagiarise.
All in all, judging from the comments, the discussion, and the feedback, I think the audience went away with some new ideas and approaches, as well as affirmation that they 'not alone'! :-)
To access the accompanying handout: http://www.scribd.com/full/20133056?access_key=key-2kh798rentwwpywxfd9l
To access the full paper: http://www.scribd.com/full/18077894?access_key=key-2d8r0452hsbwlgdffwx7
Feedback
- Excellent; general overview; positive approach to manage plagiarism
- Session was great. Just enough time to have our discussion!
- Liked the suggestion: getting students to have constructive dialogue about plagiarism
- Love the handout w the links. Thanks heaps. T
- I enjoyed the session but needs longer time for discussion
- Plagiarism is a lot more than I realised
- Important - see a way to move from punitive to formative
- "Use a free tool for formative use" - this was a new idea for me! Thanks for all the links - I will use
- Good to see Turnitin as a formative tool rather than punitive
- Turnitin as a tool - not the answer
- Thanks for the references
- Cultural issues seem to be the main factor but I value the deterrence factor and want to improve arguments
Please cite as: Owen, H., & Narayan, V. (2009, 29 Sept - 01 Oct). Pedagogy, Policing or Preventing Plagiarism? Experiences with facilitating Professional Development and Turnitin. Paper presented at the Teaching excellence - excellence in teaching: Teaching and Learning Conference Meets eFest 2009, Universal College of Learning (UCOL), Palmerston North.
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