1. ENGL 1101 Plagiarism

2. The Writing Lab Writing Lab Instructor: Marissa Ross. Office: WW201B (Library, 2nd floor) Email: writing@algomau.ca; marissa.ross@algomau.cawriting@algomau.camarissa.ross@algomau.ca Web: http://www.algomau.ca/academics/http://www.algomau.ca/academics/ academicsupportservices/thewritinglab/ Phone: (705) 949 2301 ext. 4226 Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:00 – 6:00pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am – 2:00pm See also: Writing Lab NoticeWriting Lab Notice

3. Plagiarism Self-Test Complete the self-test. Complete the self-test Make sure you write your name and section number at the top and hand it in to your seminar leader as we will take attendance from these self-tests.

4. What is plagiarism? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6glagcLVP-E

5. Plagiarism – a serious academic offence On Policies webpage of Algomau.ca: http://www.algomau.ca/academics/policies/#.UjcbET-JpdI Academic Dishonesty Form: https://my.algomau.ca/tools/documents/policies/Students/A cademic%20Dishonesty%20Form.pdf https://my.algomau.ca/tools/documents/policies/Students/A cademic%20Dishonesty%20Form.pdf

6. Timmy takes a course in Market Management. He needs to write a paper on the role and effectiveness of marketing strategies in identifying customer needs. The paper is due on September 18! Timmy panics, but he is smart… He finds some reliable and relevant sources and writes a 8-page long paper, as requested, by assembling quotes from his readings. What do you think will happen to Timmy? Let’s look at Timmy, a BBA student.

7. Do you think Timmy missed some steps of the Research Process? Research Question Collect Data/ Information Analyse Data Interpret Data Discussion Inform Others (Dissemination) Literature Review Problem/Issue Choose a Topic How to answer the Question Design Study Theories pseudoscientists A research paper needs to include all steps of the Research Process (the Scientific Method). Skipping steps in the process is what pseudoscientists do. What mark do you think Timmy will get on this paper?

8. “Numberwang!” Listen carefully and remember the number you are given. Move to your group with the same number as you were given.

9. Group Work In your groups answer questions 1-10.

10. Answers 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes 6. No 7. Yes 8. No 9. Yes/No 10. Yes

11. Group Work Read the short piece about “Railway Manias.” Decide whether a, b, c, d and e are plagiarized or not.

12. Answers A) acceptable – correctly referenced summary B) plagiarized – original wording repeated with only minor changes C) acceptable – correctly referenced quotation D) technically plagiarized – mistake in date & citation wrong E) plagiarized – some original wording repeated with no citation

13. Discussion How is “piracy” different from “stealing a handbag? Is it different? Is there such a think as a “victimless” crime? How does the concept of intellectual property fit into the idea of the “victimless” crime? What exactly do you think you are paying for when you pay university fees? Student anti-plagiarism video from UVic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dy5GlXyHk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dy5GlXyHk

14. Own your Education “Our mind does not gain true freedom by acquiring materials for knowledge and possessing other people’s ideas but by forming its own standards of judgment and producing its own thoughts.” –Rabindranath Tagore, in a syllabus for a class in his school, c. 1915 quoted in Martha C. Nussbaum’s Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities