With the increased emphasis in college on writing essays, papers and reports, plagiarism is a very real possibility. No teacher likes to think his/her students plagiarize, but the reality is that, for a variety of reasons, some students may be tempted to do so.
At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session, attendees will look at how to deal with this issue.
The best option, of course, is to prevent plagiarism from happening at all. This can be done in two ways: by forestalling inadvertent plagiarism by discussing with students the nature of academic citations, and by designing assignments that make it hard to plagiarize. But if, despite these efforts, it seems it still may be happening, then faculty members need to learn about the tools available to detect it—and then what to do if it occurs.
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Jeff Wolcowitz and Instructional Technologist Katie Skapin of Information Technology Services will help lead the discussion on Thursday, Oct. 30, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Herrick Room, located on the ground floor of Allen Memorial Medical Library building (at the corner of Adelbert and Euclid).
Pizza and sodas will be provided at this session. RSVP to ucite@case.edu.