Interesting 23/9/2006 long post by Barry Dahl, VP of Technology and Distance Learning at Lake Superior College, Minnesota, about Turnitin, which is the anti-plagiarism system that sits behind the JISC Plagiarism Detection Service. Excerpt:
"It's with a great deal of interest that I've been following the most recent uproar in the blogoshpere about Turnitin.com and about whether or not higher ed is taking the proverbial low ground in the ethical battles by the increasing use of Turnitin. It is my opinion and always has been that there is something fundamentally wrong with the whole process of requiring students to turn in their work to the plagiarism police."
Other related posts of potential interest:
- Why youth heart MySpace - identity production in a networked culture.
- When did you last see your data, and who do you trust to keep it safe?
- Anonymity online as the default.
- Are anti-plagiarism systems ethical?
- Privacy and self-disclosure online.
5/10/2006. Added links to other related posts of potential interest.
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