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THE ONLINE PLAGIARISM – A CASE STUDY IN THE ACADEMIC
FIELD
Marius Bazgan, Daniela Popa
Transilvania University of Braşov (ROMÂNIA)
bazgan_marius@unitbv.ro, danapopa@unitbv.ro
Abstract
Internet via World Wide Web has become in the last decade of this century an important source of
information and documentation. As expected, the progress of ICT has had a major impact upon
educational strategies all over the world. Internet network is based on an idea of great generosity, that
we have to share our ideas and personal contributions, experiences and even products to the people,
occurring sometimes as a result of a life of a hard work. Without given up this generous idea, has
occurred in time a number of shortfalls that seem to overshadow it. By far, one of the most important
problem generated by using the Internet is the recognition of personal contribution to make these
ideas, theories, procedures, methodologies and results from various fields of scientific, technological,
ideological, and not least artistic knowledge.
There is a simple fact that information and any other resources are shared to all who have Internet
access and advertising without explicit copyright, Internet consumers perceive these resources as
belonging to them, without the recognize the contribution of true authors. Of not recognizing their
contribution to pretend that those ideas belonging to them, is a single step. This step represents the
plagiarism online behavior.
Online Plagiarism currently finds increasingly more and more followers. Among the factors that have
contributed to the proliferation of its educational environment we can include: low concern of students
for their intellectual progress, good penetration of information and communication technology among
the younger generation and especially of those with secondary or higher education - on the one hand,
resistance teachers opposed to fast changes in IT industry, fear of technology and the other poor skills
of teachers in the use of computer and internet. Those who use resort online plagiarism based largely
on the differences just mentioned above.
But that is academic reaction to this phenomenon Apparently the delay occurs. Investing in ICT skills
is an expensive and no guarantee of obtaining results. The formula is agreed to tighten penalties for
those caught at fault. This formula implicitly send the following message: we are not able to diminish
the phenomenon of online plagiarism, the only thing we can do is give an example of harsh
punishment to those who have this intention. Was this solution of mutually beneficial for both teachers
and students We don’t support that.
Through this article we intended to raise awareness of the academic community in the search for
alternative solutions. The solution is to support the development and implementation of a software
platform to verify the originality of works essays platform accessible in real time so concerned about
the originality of their ideas to students and teachers concerned about the real performance of their
students. Focus on such a problem can be likened with opening Pandora's Box, so that an action plan
we have achieved the expected direction to account for unexpected effects. We do not want our
proposal to be interpreted as a violation of the presumption of innocence nor the students and offer
teachers perfect survey instrument, we must also mention the need for a tool to meet the educational
partners - for both teachers and students.
This study aims to tell us the issue of online plagiarism and indicate a possible way to improve the
phenomenon without compromising the positive character of educational relations between teachers
and students.
Keywords: ICT, online plagiarism, anti-plagiarism software, Internet, education.
1 INTRODUCTION
Why is it necessary to address this issue The teachers have long time suspected the possibility that
some of their students could turn into dishonest practices in preparing their homework. In the last
decade, with the development of information and communication technology, with the exponential
Proceedings of EDULEARN11 Conference.
4-6 July 2011, Barcelona, Spain.
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