http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:24 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:24 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=317885 This website consists of two parts: Students' Guide to Preventing and Avoiding Plagiarism and a Plagiarism Exercise (Powerpoint) located on the left of the main student page. The latter is an interactive student plagiarism tutorial.The plagiarism website for students opens with a definition, gives a brief overview of the topic and then highlights campus policies concerning this timely subject in higher education. It offers some common pitfalls on what constitutes plagiarism and then provides some tips on how to cite, quote, and paraphrase in order to avoid it. Links are then made to other campus referral services (e.g. The Writing Center, etc.)with a suggestion for students to seek the assistance of their professors when they are frustrated with particular assignments. The second part, the interactive question and answer plagiarism tutorial is designed to be used in class to reinforce the material found on the student site and to determine whether or not students are actually recognizing plagiarism when they see it. Text used was taken from the C.W. Post Campus Ethos Statement, since the tutorial was created to be used at an Orientation session. This format, currently in use in most library instruction classes, actively involves this technologically savvy generation of students by engaging them in the process of identifying what constitutes plagiarism. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=676285 Webcasts to help improve higher education. "AI has an established foothold as an industry leader in delivering effective webcasts. Rich with additional resources, handouts, case studies, checklists, and other tools, our programs help you put what you’ve learned into action.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=301977 A gateway website created in Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland. It has access to many free educational resources for adult learners and their families, of all abilities. The site has a focus on Scotland but not exclusively so. The site covers EAL/ESOL, Family Learning, ASL/Special Needs, Numeracy, Literacy, Scottish Writers & Scottish Politics. There are also links to BBC Skillswise programmes STUC and TUC unionlearn links. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=285849 This is the custom publishing division of McGraw-Hill Companies. Professionally publish your own original materials for your course in print or digital formats. Easy to follow steps to create a book using their digital database of textbooks, articles and cases studies, and upload your own material too. You can also personalise the front cover of your book with the course name. One complimentary instructor's copy. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=670040 ״Examples in this appendix reflect the application of MARC content designators in full level records. Although the data is taken from actual bibliographic records, these records are included for illustrative purposes only and are not usable for bibliographic purposes.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=317889 The faculty website, Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism: Tips for Faculty, offers faculty some ideas on why it happens, how to prevent it, and how to recognize it when it does. Contents showcased on this website have been presented to faculty each semester in a variety of customized workshops, and as a result, many professors have linked their syllabi directly to this webpage.Tips on preventing plagiarism are outlined and then followed by some highlighted paragraphs depicting various examples of the forms plagiarism can take in assignments.On detecting plagiarism, faculty is presented with some ways they can detect plagiarism themselves and how they can collaborate with the librarian to find proof of plagiarism. Faculty are then offered some suggested steps they could take when they suspect plagiarism. A mention is made of the process involved in determining whether or not the infringement is deemed unintentional or intentional. Resources to consult round out the site always keeping in mind that the faculty establish the ground rules in their classes and negotiate with students when they feel these rules have been violated. My experience at Long Island University mirrors those of faculty elsewhere and is reinforced by literature from research studies and other media outlets that include: television, radio, newspapers, etc. Plagiarism, be it intentional or unintentional, is a global problem and one that is not limited to higher education and is now found at the elementary and secondary levels. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=330834 A collection of podcasts about copyright rules and creative commons. "Answers your general legal questions about the laws affecting podcasting and new media." Keyword searchable. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=284822 At this site it gives examples of how engineers have a hand in designing, creating, or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see, and hear in our daily lives. It not only gives information to students but also to educators. It contains materials from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is maintained on a regular basis and is easy to navigate threw. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=707081 This bibliographic instruction lab will help students conducting research in academic research databases improve their search results by utilizing the library concept of authority control. The goal of this lesson is to take existing student information seeking behaviors such as the ability to conduct a key word relevance ranked search and to reorient that behavior around the library concept of authority control using this goal-directed instructional design plan. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=716492 ״Hey Pogo!...from citation to fulltext״This three part flash based instructional resource concerns introductory bibliographic instruction for students who are new to collegiate/university academic library concepts. The instructional resource focuses on taking students to academic research databases, inroducing them to search results lists of academic citations, and finally a basic introduction to locating the fulltext of journal articles online, in print, or via interlibrary loan.This resource was created using the Camtasia software and the the content is currently hosted by their cloud based "www.screencast.com" service. Each of the three parts includes Camtasia "hotspots" which link to other content including each subsequent part of the the series and ultimately back to MERLOT.Each segment concludes with a very light two question Camtasia quiz integrated with the video content. Students must pass each section before continuing to the next section. Quiz results are aggregated via e-mail directly from the tutorial. The three part series itself concludes with simple instructions for each student to create and e-mail their instructor a word processing document which lists a database they use for research, a representation of their search strategy, a citation which might be useful to them, and where the library finding service suggests the fulltext of the journal will be found.Pedagogically this resource uses both inductive and deductive approaches to learning. Audio/video content will appeal to and engage internet era learners and is augmented by subtitles and closed captioning which underscore the important concepts and instructions for learners who benefit from that presentation of the material.Students who successfully complete this three part instructional series will meet learning objectives and address educational standards primarily related to the humanities with a secondary emphasis on technology.The audience for this instructional resource is the beginner researcher. Students with some level of experience should be entertained and may bennefit but they are unlikely to learn new concepts. Students who use this resource may be traditional students at the college Freshman level working in an open computer lab type of setting or they could be students at the high school level taking AP English courses in an online learning management system environment.These tutorials feature clips of the enigmatic animator "Pogo" and his November 2012 viral "Wizard of Meh" video.