Jaschik, S. (2009) False Positives on Plagiarism Inside Higher Education, March 13
At this year’s meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (USA), a team from Texas Tech University presented data that challenged the plagiarism detection services in a new way. The team found that services that theoretically detect the same sorts of problems actually find (or don’t find) very different examples of possible plagiarism.
A good example of the need for care and training by faculty when using in plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin and Blackboard’s SafeAssign
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
