Fostering academic competence or putting students under general suspicion? Voluntary plagiarism check of academic papers by means of a web-based plagiarism detection system

In view of the increasing number of cases of plagiarism and the ease of use of online published texts, universities are faced with a considerable challenge to prevent and take action against plagiarism in academic student papers. In reaction to plagiarism, web-based plagiarism detection systems (PDS...

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Main Author: Kerstin Eleonora Kohl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Learning Technology 2011-02-01
Series:Research in Learning Technology
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Online Access:http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/7611