What do teaching staff need to be aware of when thinking about student plagiarism? How has student plagiarism changed due to the increased use of technology? This presentation, from the British Council event New Technologies in Education 2017 and supported by Turnitin, explores the issues surrounding plagiarism and the need to develop a culture of academic integrity. The talk is particularly aimed to support conference delegates from Serbia interested in improving teaching and learning in that region. Several examples are taken from the South East European Project on Policies for Academic Integrity (SEEPPAI).

1. New Technologies In Education 2017
Belgrade, Serbia
Thursday 9 February, 2017
The New Technologies Of Plagiarism
Exploring the Culture Of Plagiarism In Higher Education
Dr. Thomas Lancaster
Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

2. THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF PLAGIARISM
SCENE SETTING
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3. Dr. Thomas Lancaster
Associate Dean - Recruitment
Computing and Digital Technologies
Staffordshire University
United Kingdom
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4. My Research Background
• Researcher in the areas of plagiarism, student
cheating and academic integrity
• Active in the anti-plagiarism field since 2000
• PhD “Effective and Efficient Plagiarism
Detection”
• Experienced Computer Science academic and
teacher
• Work with the media to raise awareness about
plagiarism and academic integrity issues
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5. Session Questions
• What is student plagiarism and why should we care
about it?
• Has student plagiarism changed? Has technology
changed how we should approach plagiarism with
students?
• What can be done to help students to avoid plagiarism?
• How can we build a culture of academic integrity?
My approach to understanding plagiarism has also changed between 2000 and 2017
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6. South East European Project on
Policies for Academic Integrity (SEEPPAI)
• Regional study, covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
• Funded by Council of Europe.
• Data collection ended December 2016, final report due April 2017.
http://plagiarism.cz/seeppai
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7. Need A Little Extra Help?
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8. THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF PLAGIARISM
STUDENT PLAGIARISM
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9. Student plagiarism takes place when a student uses
the words or ideas of another individual, without
acknowledging the source of those words or ideas
My standard (informal) description
Student Plagiarism In A Nutshell
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10. Information is copied
from a website
Work is copied from
another student
Assignment answer
is taken from a
previous year
Examples Of
What Plagiarism
May Mean In A
Student Context
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11. Student plagiarism is
getting a little extra help ?
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12. Student plagiarism is not
acknowledging sources ?
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13. Student plagiarism is
laziness ?
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14. Plagiarism is not just
committed by students
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15. THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF PLAGIARISM
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
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16. The following comments are a
selection of five representative student
survey responses from SEEPPAI
(the full report is not yet released – due April 2017)
These are student views, not necessarily recommendations!
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17. Introduce mandatory course for students to teach
them how not to commit plagiarism in their works,
some students have heard of plagiarism but do not
know exactly what it means.
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18. more good examples of papers, greater help of the
teaching staff in selection of topics and sources
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19. make students aware that the penalties for plagiarising
are severe so that when they start writing a paper,
plagiarising is not an option
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20. obligatory application of software for detecting
plagiarism
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21. teach kids from ground school about this problem,
plagiarism is a consequence of the society we live in
today
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22. Cheating fuelled
by a wider
culture of
corruption
Students need to
be taught about
plagiarism, not
just told about it
Support for
students needed
during
assessment
Penalties need
to be harsh and
consistently
applied
Some Common Themes From
SEEPPAI Student Responses
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These are student views, not necessarily recommendations!

23. Design out
assessment
opportunities for
plagiarism
Provide students
with access to
academic writing
support tools
Educate
students on the
value of
completing their
own work
Use plagiarism
detection tools
as a preventative
measure
Other Recommendations
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24. THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF PLAGIARISM
GET MORE INVOLVED
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25. European Network of Academic Integrity
“ENAI is a European platform for promoting academic integrity issues,
sharing experiences, ideas, materials, etc, to help higher education
institutions prevent academic misconduct and promote academic and
research integrity.”
https://www.academicintegrity.eu
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26. Plagiarism Conference
3rd International Conference, Plagiarism across Europe and
Beyond (24 - 26 May 2017, Brno, Czech Republic)
Theme is “sharing innovative practices in academic integrity”
https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz
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27. Speak with Goa and Katya from
Turnitin
Turnitin Originality Check
Katya Levchenko – klevchenko@turnitin.com
Goa Borrek – gborrek@turnitin.com
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28. Contact Dr. Thomas Lancaster
(Speaking, PhD Supervision, Research Collaborations, Consultancy)
Email: thomas@thomaslancaster.co.uk
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