This document focuses on why and how electronic sources must be cited so that students can avoid plagiarism. Because students now routinely use readily available electronic sources for their papers, they must learn how to properly cite them. You will have more complete coverage of plagiarism issues if you use this document in conjunction with the more general Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism, which includes an exercise in how to paraphrase, and The Template for Taking Notes on Research Papers, both of which are found in the Cain Project resources. Do not consider these documents to be legal advice: The author is not an attorney.

Each year since 1999 ABLE has provided a forum for presentation, discussion, and sharing of ideas concerning the use of undergraduates and graduate students to run labs and teach in the Departments of Biological Science. There have been lively films, games, examples, and discussions of the many university training sessions and/or workshops to Train Graduate Teaching Assistants to handle students, labs, and even teaching assignments. This year we will offer four other areas of discussion for you. Ethics in the classroom; a powerful subject in most colleges and universities, we will offer a skit to lead into a discussion on ethics and how easy it is for faculty to cross the line with students concerning ethics. Also we will offer a skit on the first day of class or the first day teaching. Each of you can certainly add a suggestion or warning to this topic and we welcome your experiences with the first day teaching also. And then we will move to an exercise on performing investigative labs and how to develop and set up these labs for your teaching assistants. And we will address plagiarism and grading to follow up on last year's workshop.

In this course, the student will learn several aspects of effective technical communication that will lay a foundation for successful work on an engineering team. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Define the purpose of effective technical communication; List attributes of effective technical communication; Assess audience and context, as well as identify appropriate genres for technical communication; Choose appropriate grammar, style, and organization for documents; Define and avoid plagiarism and implement appropriate citations; Brainstorm and prepare and revise documents independently and collaboratively; Organize and present information in written, visual, and oral modes in compliance with standard formats. (Mechanical Engineering 304)

This course will reinforce writing skills by introducing the student to basic research techniques and applying them to development of a research paper. The student will have the opportunity to practice all of the essential elements of preparing a piece of academic writing, planning, researching, formulating an argument, writing, rewriting, editing and formatting for presentation gaining skills valuable across many disciplines. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Define the relationship of research techniques to academic work in various disciplines; Refine research within a recursive writing process, identifying and using rhetorical strategies as well as practicing critical thinking and reading; Identify the various kinds of research used to produce written work in academic disciplines; Identify and use tools for conducting Internet-based and library research; Demonstrate critical and analytical thinking in locating, evaluating, and using research; Use quotes, paraphrases, and summaries to strengthen written arguments and avoid plagiarism; Cite and document information sources in accordance with MLA style requirements; Use information from resources as structural elements in an academic paper; Review and practice the grammatical and rhetorical skills necessary to successful academic writing. (English 002)

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. The MIC07 conference theme Jazzing IT up with MERLOT recognizes the collaborative efforts within disciplines and the education community around the World to enhance teaching and learning through the use of Instructional Technology. Conference attendees span all disciplines and the continuum from novice to expert in the development and use of online resources. The conference is designed to foster learning, innovation and practice in the use of information, instruction, and communications technologies in higher education. It is the venue for educators, administrators, and technologists who have interests and expertise in technology-enabled teaching and learning and who recognize the need to remain current in this rapidly advancing field of educational practice and theory.

Is plagiarism a historical category? Is its definition in question? How might it be related to copyright, intellectual property or legality? And what exactly is the difference between morally right and legally right?

In this lesson, students explore correct ways to reference information sources and avoid plagiarism by accurately summarizing a New York Times article. They then attempt to insert properly attributed quotations and paraphrases into their summaries. Finally, students write opinion pieces about Internet plagiarism.