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Plagiarism: catalysts and not so simple solutions

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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:52 authored by Hakim Usoof, Brian Hudson, Eva Lindgren
Plagiarism has gained much public attention with media, corporations and researchers leading the way. The general public’s perception is that plagiarism is a ‘plague’ spreading without control within our educational institutes. Furthermore, a social perception has been created that the Internet is the ‘catalyst’ of modern-day plagiarism. This chapter explores the domain of plagiarism, taking into consideration some definitions of plagiarism, the recent history, the cultural context, the view of students and teachers, and the situation in Distance Education. The chapter goes on to discuss the actual catalysts of plagiarism and methods used to detect plagiarism. Finally the chapter forwards some good practices that may help prevent and act as deterrents of plagiarism and addresses challenges faced in tackling the problem of plagiarism.

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  • Published

Publisher

IGI Global

Pages

436.0

Book title

Cases on professional distance education degree programs and practices: successes, challenges and issues

Place of publication

Hershey PA, USA

ISBN

9781466644861

Series

Advances in mobile and distance learning (AMDL) book series

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  • Education Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

J Sullivan Hellgren, P Czigler, K Sullivan

Legacy Posted Date

2012-11-23

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