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

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No attachment for me, either - so it isn't just Charlie.

John Logie, if you'd pass me a copy too?

thanks,

--elijah



On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Charlie Lowe wrote:

> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:18:30 -0400
> From: Charlie Lowe <cel4145 at cyberdash.com>
> Reply-To: Conference on College Composition and Communication's Intellectual
>     Property Caucus <discuss at ccccip.org>
> To: Conference on College Composition and Communication's Intellectual
>     Property Caucus <discuss at ccccip.org>
> Subject: Re: [cccc-ip] articles critiquing the use of Turnitin.com
> 
> Am I the only one that the copy didn't come through for it? I didn't get
> an attachment.
>
> Charlie
>
> Sally Chandler wrote:
>> Here is a copy of of the statement passed by the IP Caucus, in March, 2006.
>> It was forwarded to the IP Committee of the CCCC, at least I thought it
>> was.  Our hope in drafting it was exactly that it would be adopted by the
>> entire organization.
>>
>> On 9/1/06, Jim Porter <porterj8 at msu.edu> 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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>>> -------------------------------
>>> James E. Porter
>>> Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
>>> Writing in Digital Environments
>>> Olds Hall 7
>>> Michigan State University
>>> East Lansing, MI  48824
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