Promoting Integrity at the Classroom Level:
Combating Internet Ignorance

Daniel L. McCabe argues that "Many of them [high school students] are developing an attitude that anything on the Internet is public domain, and they're not seeing copying it as cheating." (Kellogg, 2002) Lathrop and Foss (2000) cite the example of "students with an assignment to create an original Web site often 'borrow' from a site they find attractive" and because they do not realize the rules will be guilty of unintentional plagiarism. "Find Legal Images for Digital Literacy Projects" was designed to help students learn about copyright.

Students can also see identical information posted on a variety of seemingly credible web sites and mistakenly believe that such information can be lifted for their own papers.

Resources for Researchers provides handouts, workshops, and tutorials that educate students on academic integrity issues. Information is also available on "Basic Copyright Issues."




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References and Resources

    Berg, Steven L. "The High Cost of Digital Illiteracy." Etena Sacca-vajjena. 4 August 2013.

    Kellogg, Alex P. "Students Plagiarize Online Less Than Many Think, a New Study Finds." The Chronicle of Higher Education 48.23 (2002): A44.

    Lathrop, Ann and Kathleen Foss. Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. p. 19.