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KOIPlagiarismPresentation5.pptxPlagiarism - What is it?
How do students
avoid it?
This presentation is based on information available at www.plagiarism.org
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Plagiarism - What is it?
In 2009, the Australian group, Men at Work, were taken to court for plagiarism (breach of copyright) by Larrikin Music, owners of the copyright for the song, 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree Larrikin Music asked for 40 - 60% of the Men at Work song’s royalties as compensation
The ‘Kookaburra’ song was written for a Girl Guides Jamboree in 1935, and Larrikin Music bought the copyright in 1990.
Men at Work were found guilty of stealing the flute riff in their hit single 'Down Under‘ and ordered to pay 5% of royalties earned from the song since 2002. The riff was not part of the original song, but added in during live performances, and became part of the recorded song in 1982.
Justice Peter Jacobson found the group had reproduced a “substantial part “of ‘Kookaburra’
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Plagiarism - What is it?
Downunder Vs Kookaburra
This link gives a comparison between the two songs – and yes there is a clear similarity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqOIdtKZTG4
To see just how small a part of the Downunder song this represents, listen to the first one or two verses of Downunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Vh2w_PMac
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Plagiarism - What is it?
What you don’t need to reference
Common knowledge consists of well-known information and facts widely available in a variety of standard reference books. It does not need to be referenced
Example: Sydney is Australia's largest city with a multicultural population
However if you decide to quote the number of people of Chinese ethnicity that live in the Strathfield area, you would need to provide your source using an approved referencing system – at KOI this is Harvard (Anglia)
You will find it on the right hand side of the Course page
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Plagiarism - What is it?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarise" means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft: to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
In other words, plagiarism is a result of
NOT ACKNOWLEDGING the original author.
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Plagiarism - What is it?
Other forms of Plagiarism: Bruce Ballenger’s book, The Curious Researcher. New York: Pearson, 2004
“Handing in someone else’s work – a downloaded paper from the internet or one borrowed from a friend – and claiming that it’s your own.”
Using information or ideas that are not common knowledge from any source and failing to acknowledge that source.
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Plagiarism - What is it?
Handing in the same paper for two different classes
assessments are to be original work developed for the specific purpose of the assessment task
Quoting without referencing - using the exact language or expressions of a source
Paraphrasing without referencing - rewriting a passage from a source with minor substitutions or different words but retaining the same style and structure as the original.
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Plagiarism - What is it?
How do you avoid plagiarism?
Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and provide your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism
Provide both in-text referencing AND
a full Reference List at the end of the document
See the Referencing resources in Moodle to find out how to reference
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Plagiarism - What is it?
To gain good marks in as assignment, you need to demonstrate your ability to understand and apply the relevant theory
Even if you acknowledge your sources, but simply copy and paste, you will not gain many marks because you are not demonstrating understanding or ability to apply theory
You are just showing how you can copy – this is not an academic skill.
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Plagiarism - What is it? How Turnitin Shows Plagiarism and copying (and yes, this is really bad!!!)
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Plagiarism - What is it? Here the writer is trying to pretend they have referenced their sources, but have copied them from the source they were using
Student’s report
Turnitin report
We know it is copied
because it comes
from a source not
mentioned
Plagiarism - What is it? We know this is copied, even though it appears to be correctly referenced
Turnitn showed it came from somewhere as it is identical to the paper submitted by another student at a different university – it means both students copied from the same source – probably a text book
Plagiarism - What is it? This is not plagiarised, but poorly referenced and not presented correctly – should be shown as a quote – this reduces your marks
This part is questionable as it appears to be the student’s own interpretation but has been very slightly paraphrased
Plagiarism - What is it? Not plagiarised, but the reference is incorrectly placed and the entire section should be in quotation marks
Reference and page number in brackets
should be here
Plagiarism - What is it? What is Cyber-plagiarism? It’s just a new (easy??) source of copy-able information
Cyber-plagiarism occurs when text and/or images are copied & pasted from an online source into an assessment without identifying the original source
The internet may be free, but it is not common knowledge
There are specific ways to reference electronic resources – check the Referencing guides in Moodle
Much of what you find on the internet may not be academically valid, or even true!!
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Plagiarism - What is it? Images, tables, charts also need to be reference
You must document all images you borrow from print or electronic sources
Images include: charts, graphs, photos, drawings and maps, anything not written
Reference formats for these (as well as all other sources) can be found at:
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
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