Sunday, April 19, 2015
Academic integrity, thats something that is in the back of many peoples mind but when we dig deeper we also have the issue of intellectual property and copy write issues as well. The its hard line to understand the difference between just doing researching about a topic and writing a paper and if you're actually stealing another persons ideas and research. Many times you do this without even thinking, just think, you're doing research for a paper and you read something about your topic on a book but then decide you don't want to use the book for your paper. Later on well writing your paper you use a phrase from that book, or a spastic but don't even remember it coming from the book. At this point you committed plagiarisms without even thinking about it and I believe that's why its essential to bookmark or record sources that you used to research for your topic even if you don't plan on using the material. Just in case something like this comes up you can remember where the source was and reference the topic without running into a integrity issue. I feel this is a topic I didn't think about much as a student going through high school but as time goes on I see the importance of it.
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I feel everyone can relate to your comments made in your post. It is hard to realize what the difference is between what is your ideas and what is someone others ideas. For how much we learn and how much we retain it is hard to make our own minds up at times ( at least for me). But I completely agree with you and bookmarking and recording sources, which I forget to do at times. I think we all do. I also agree that in High School they did not touch up on this issue as much as they do in college. Thanks for the great post!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Dan, that there is definitely more risk now that access to people's work is so easily accessible. It is not uncommon for people to inadvertently steal work without male intent, but not understanding that there are copyright infringement that needs to be considered. The last week's articles and readings definitely brought to light the best ways to protect the work of others as well as the integrity in what you produce. The most important step is to ensure all credit is provided when you take anything from an online source. Great post!
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