[cccc-ip] articles critiquing the use of Turnitin.com

[Logie]

Charlie, et al.

Consider it forwarded.

I'll get it moving within the IP Committee.

Best,

John Logie
Department of Rhetoric
University of Minnesota


On Sep 1, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Jim Porter wrote:

> Thanks to all -- Charlie, Gail, Lisa, Jim, and others -- for  
> sharing this
> very useful set of resources!
>
> If the IP Caucus passed a statement regarding plagiarism detection  
> services,
> was that statement forwarded to the IP Committee of the CCCC? (I  
> was at the
> IP committee meeting last year and it wasn't on our agenda, as far  
> as I can
> recall.) It might be worth forwarding the statement to John Logie,  
> Chair of
> the IP Committee. If both the Caucus and the Committee endorsed a  
> policy, it
> would have a strong chance of getting endorsed by the entire  
> organization.
> We need that policy, and we need it available on the NCTE/CCCC site.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>> Charlie --
>>
>> Jim Purdy's study of plagiarism detection services in Pedagogy is a
>> good resource as well. Citation follows.
>>
>> Purdy, James P. "Calling Off the Hounds: Technology and the
>> Visibility of Plagiarism."  Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching
>> Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 5.2 (Spring 2005):
>> Duke UP.
>>
>> I'll copy this to Jim to make sure I've got that right.
>>
>> All best, Gail
>>
>>
>>
>>> This summer, an announcement was posted to Blackboard's portal  
>>> page at
>>> Grand Valley State University warning students that they may be  
>>> required
>>> to submit to Turnitin.com. The Writing Department was not  
>>> involved in
>>> the decision to use this service. It was one of those big  
>>> surprises. So
>>> we are looking for articles which present the issues surrounding
>>> Turnitin's use.
>>>
>>> So far I have
>>>
>>> * Nick Carbone's post about Turnitin's inaccuracy
>>> http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/hccworkshop/ 
>>> missedplagiarism.htm
>>>
>>> * WPA Plagiarism Statement which discourages Turnitin's use
>>>
>>> http://wpacouncil.org/files/WPAplagiarism.pdf
>>>
>>> * John Royce's "Trust or Trussed? Has Turnitin.com Got It All  
>>> Wrapped
>>> Up?" from Teacher Librarian
>>>
>>> http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_30/v_30_4_feature.html
>>>
>>> * The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Plagiarism-Detection Tool  
>>> Creates
>>> Legal Quandary"
>>>
>>> http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm
>>>
>>> * McGill student wins fight over anti-cheating website
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2004/01/16/ 
>>> mcgill_turnitin030116.html
>>>
>>> Any additional suggestions? I'll be glad to post this list and any
>>> additional items to the CCCC-IP website as a future reference.
>>>
>>> Charlie Lowe
>>> Department of Writing
>>> Grand Valley State University
>>> lowech at gvsu.edu
>>>
>>>
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