tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post113073133882804827..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: huge sigh of relieflucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1131421454079399322005-11-08T14:44:00.000+11:002005-11-08T14:44:00.000+11:00Plagiarism is actually surprisingly easy to detect...Plagiarism is actually surprisingly easy to detect. The patchwork kind always looks patchy and the great huge swathes kind gives itself away by either being off-topic or being too clever by half. Legendary in my department is the student several years ago now who downloaded an entire essay from Studies in Romanticism and went through changing "Emily Dickinson" to "Gwen Harwood". <BR/><BR/>The lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1131411257748430502005-11-08T11:54:00.000+11:002005-11-08T11:54:00.000+11:00The general level of information literacy sounds p...The general level of information literacy sounds pretty low there, Laura. Have you asked the librarians what kind of interest they are getting with IT training? there should be a blanket session offered to all new students in every course. (Deakin provides a CD - their induction materials are terrific.)<BR/> It would be interesting to know if some of those students are playing dumb about email genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130850941200015172005-11-02T00:15:00.000+11:002005-11-02T00:15:00.000+11:00I've noticed that students often choose the first...I've noticed that students often choose the first item or two on the search results list and it is more often than not a wikipedia entry or if you're teaching something like 'Heart of Darkness' or Shakespeare, then it's very likely to be one of many free notes and essays available. <BR/><BR/>I have put a ban on using wikipedia because students often don't look beyond it to do more thorough and Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130812554482361332005-11-01T13:35:00.000+11:002005-11-01T13:35:00.000+11:00I think one of the hardest things to gauge is what...I think one of the hardest things to gauge is what is actually the student's personal writing style and what is just very clever (or horrible) cobbling of other matter. Maybe there should be a compulsory on-the-spot session of creative writing at the start of every year, just ten minutes of writing about anything they want -- their cat, daleks, going shopping -- anything that can fill an A4 Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130755179164415272005-10-31T21:39:00.000+11:002005-10-31T21:39:00.000+11:00Am suitably impressed by all this Laura - I love h...Am suitably impressed by all this Laura - I love how much clear, incisive, forward-looking thought goes into your approach to teaching. Any uni would be *lucky* to have you as an academic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130746334046398972005-10-31T19:12:00.000+11:002005-10-31T19:12:00.000+11:00Google Scholar....great idea. Shall steal that. ...Google Scholar....great idea. Shall steal that. Have you found that all of yours can actually use the internet? School is running an online teaching day next week, I think I'll go. It's mostly going to be about WebCT I suspect, but something might come of it.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130742334074591522005-10-31T18:05:00.000+11:002005-10-31T18:05:00.000+11:00I wish departments would develop an acceptable pol...I wish departments would develop an acceptable policy on this very thing, but of course in a department which might include a range of subjects including fan studies or digital media then even policies which stipulate what constitutes a credible source might not be that useful.<BR/><BR/>When I had to make a snap decision on this in the course I was running last semester I over-simplified the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com