Defining plagiarism: types, avoidance & ethics

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Plagiarism involves using intellectual property without attribution, with forms ranging from patch writing to verbatim copying. Avoiding plagiarism requires citation, proper paraphrasing, and using quotation marks for direct quotes. Editors should follow COPE guidelines for addressing cases of suspected plagiarism. Define plagiarism: Plagiarism is using someone else’s intellectual property (such as words, source code, ideas, … Read more

The Influence of Elearning on the Academic Performance of Teenagers

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ABSTRACT The advent of technology has played a role in the overall development of the human society. As with other sectors of the society, technological advancements such as new media and the internet have furthered the development of the educational sector. New media has brought about various ways which can enhance the learning process of … Read more

Is plagiarism illegal?

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Introduction Any attempt to define “plagiarism’ uncovers that there are, in fact, many different definitions currently in usage, spanning a wide range of activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes “plagiarism’. Plagiarism is usually … Read more

Discovering web document clustering using weighted score matrix and fuzzy logic

Electronic files

In computer forensic analysis, hundreds of thousands of files are usually examined much of the data in those files consists of unstructured text, whose analysis by computer examiners is difficult to be performed. Much of the data in those files consists of unstructured text, whose analysis by computer examiners is difficult to be performed. In … Read more

Plagiarism and academic misconduct

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Executive Summary The use of technology has enhanced the convenience, flexibility, and efficiency of both preparatory and continuing education. Unfortunately, academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, has shown a positive correlation with the increased use of technology in education. Being a growing problem, plagiarism is generally defined as “literary theft” and “academic dishonesty” in the literature, and … Read more

Academic dishonesty in sports

Academic dishonesty in sport

For centuries, sports have been heavily induced by the prospects and potential benefits of cheating. Athletes in both Greek and modern worlds have exhibited fraudulent behavior as a means to get ahead in athletic competition as well as the activities leading up to the competition. This fraudulent behavior has many times been attributed to the … Read more

The globalization of Essay Mills

Globalisation essay mills

“The question on ethics, plagiarism, the parasitism of the third world, the (in)dignity of the Filipino professionals, the practice being currently adapted in our colleges and universities among others I guess, need to be comprehensively discussed.” This morning I got an e-mail from Davao City, bringing an article to my attention, and asking me to … Read more

New tricks in plagiarism

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Teachers fight a constant battle with plagiarism, made worse by the growing volume of information freely available on the Internet at the click of a button.  This ongoing struggle is felt by producers of plagiarism checkers like plagiarismchecker.net, which are continually being developed to deal with new threats and methods being used to cheat. It … Read more

Types of plagiarism

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Find out about the different types of plagiarism The definition of plagiarism is “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own” (Oxford Dictionary Online). A simple definition of plagiarism is “copying’. There are various different types of plagiarism and this article will give examples as a way … Read more