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ADAPTED FROM DAN SIMON’S 1/30/ PRESENTATION AT CSU

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism: Using someone else’s words or thoughts without citing the original source
• Plagiarism violates IIT’s Academic Honesty Code, available here: http://www.iit.edu/student_affairs/handbook/information_and_regu lations/code_of_academic_honesty.shtml

Quotations

• Word-for-word
  • Quotations require “quotation marks” and citing the original source

Paraphrasing

• Paraphrase:
  • a restatement of a text, passage, or work (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
  • When you read a source material, and then rewrite the idea using your own words, you are paraphrasing
• Even if you paraphrase, you still need to cite the original source! If you do not cite the original source, then you are plagiarizing.

Plagiarism Question 1

• Original Source Material: The concept of systems is really quite simple. The basic idea is that a system has parts that fit together to make a whole; but where it gets complicated - and interesting - is how those parts are connected or related to each other.
• Student Version: Systems, including both business systems, and educational systems, are actually very simple. The main idea is that a system has parts that fit together to make a whole. What is interesting is how those parts are connected together.

Plagiarism Answer 1: Word-for-

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• Original Source Material: The concept of systems is really quite simple. The basic idea is that a system has parts that fit together to make a whole; but where it gets complicated - and interesting - is how those parts are connected or related to each other.
• Student Version: Systems, including both business systems, and educational systems, are actually very simple. The main idea is that a system has parts that fit together to make a whole. What is interesting is how those parts are connected together.

Plagiarism Answer 2: Not

plagiarism

• Original Source Material: Given similarities between software design and instructional design, we argue that rapid prototyping is a viable method for instructional design, especially for computer- based instruction.
• Student Version: Rapid prototyping could be an advantageous methodology for developing innovative computer-based instruction (Tripp & Bichelmeyer, 1990).
• This is not plagiarism because the student paraphrased and included a proper reference.

Plagiarism Question 3

• Original Source Material: The study of learning derives from essentially two sources. Because learning involves the acquisition of knowledge, the first concerns the nature of knowledge and how we come to know things.
• Student Version: The study of learning derives from essentially two sources. The first concerns the nature of knowledge and how we come to know things [23].

Plagiarism Question 4

• Original Source Material: The tools available today for creating learning materials are much more powerful than those of a few years ago. Soon teachers will be able to use computer technology to produce their own materials. All it takes is time, know-how, and some funds.
• Student Version: Computers are so powerful that educators and students are now able to produce their own multimedia learning materials. They just need to take the time to learn to use the related technologies.

Plagiarism Answer 4: Paraphrasing

• Original Source Material: The tools available today for creating learning materials are much more powerful than those of a few years ago. Soon teachers will be able to use computer technology to produce their own materials. All it takes is time, know-how, and some funds.
• Student Version: Computers are so powerful that educators and students are now able to produce their own multimedia learning materials. They just need to take the time to learn to use the related technologies.
• The student did not properly reference the source.

Plagiarism Answer 5: Not

plagiarism

• Original Source Material: Major changes are usually initiated by those in power. There is often the assumption that training will “solve the problem.” The result is that potentially effective innovations suffer misuse, or even no use, in the hands of uncommitted users.
• Student Version: When major changes are initiated in organizations, “... [T]here is often the implicit assumption that training will ‘solve the problem’ ” (Dormant, 1986, p. 238).
• The student properly quoted and referenced the source.

Plagiarism

• When in doubt:
  1. Cite the reference!
  2. Check with your professor or the Writing Center: http://www.iit.edu/csl/hum/resources/writing_center.shtml

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