Learning Ecosystems for Dealing with the Copy-Paste Syndrome

The fact that people of all walks of life are becoming more and more reliant on a wide-range of easily-available digital content is often called the Copy-Paste Syndrome. It implies the indiscriminate usage of material, ie without checking for reliability or a concern for violations of intellectual p...

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Main Authors: Kulathuramaiyer, Narayanan, Maurer, Hermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal for Research in Innovative Teaching 2008
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/533/
http://ir.unimas.my/533/1/learning_ecosystems_for_dealing_with_the_copy-paste_syndrome.pdf
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Summary:The fact that people of all walks of life are becoming more and more reliant on a wide-range of easily-available digital content is often called the Copy-Paste Syndrome. It implies the indiscriminate usage of material, ie without checking for reliability or a concern for violations of intellectual property rights or plagiarism, a kind of cheating that has become uncomfortably widespread. A holistic approach is required to address this universal problem combining an institutional approach together with the application of viable technologies, ...