The information on these pages is from a weekend seminar by Christopher Anson titled: Good Teaching Makes Good Citizens: Designing Plagiarism-proof Assignments.

Anson stated that plagiarism is an important topic, but because it represents the “dark side” of teaching, it’s not a favorite topic (even the word, with its Latin root derivation meaning “kidnapping,” is pretty sinister). He suggested that instructors try to see plagiarism as an opportunity, not a liability--to see it as an opportunity to think about good teaching practices that help us to dissuade students from behaving unethically while also helping them to learn the complexities of source attribution.

To access the seminar via Tegrity (video/audio) please click here. This presentation is one hour and thirty four minutes long. You can stop, start, forward, rewind as needed.

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