This week’s topics
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
- What counts as plagiarism
- Quoting and paraphrasing properly
- Rules on using AI tools
What you will be able to do
- 2.2 Explain the consequences of plagiarism and how to avoid it.
Activity
Decide which of six examples are plagiarism, and fix them.
Study materials
Further resources
- Writing Guide, 13.6: Ethical Research and Plagiarism · PDF · OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook (2021), 13.6 on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, pp. 445–446 · for registered students
- Writing Guide, 12.6: Integrating Sources and Quotations · PDF · OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook (2021), 12.6: quoting and paraphrasing correctly, pp. 411–413 · for registered students
- QAA: Maintaining quality and standards in the ChatGPT era · PDF · QAA advice (May 2023), UK guidance on why universities set rules on AI tools (a step up); 6 pp. · for registered students
- Academic integrity considerations of AI large language models in the post-pandemic era · Open-access article · Perkins (2023), Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. What AI tools such as ChatGPT mean for plagiarism and academic integrity. · for registered students
- Students' perceptions of plagiarism · Open-access article · Fish & Hura (2013), Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. How students understand different forms of plagiarism. · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
