This tutorial consists of an introductory video which introduces the concept of plagiarism and its consequences, another video which shows when to cite, and a third provides the opportunity for students to read a statement and decide if it needs to be cited.
Type of Material:
Video tutorials and an interactive quiz.
Recommended Uses:
In class, individual, or homework.
Technical Requirements:
Flash
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Students will learn how to use information ethically and cite appropriately. They will be able to decide when a statement needs to be cited. Consequences of plagiarism are explained.
Target Student Population:
High school and college general education
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic Web navigation skills
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Short, clear, most entertaining. Would work well for students with short attention span. Very relevant, self-contained and could be used for any class.
Concerns:
Uses footnotes and not parenthetical citations. Most commonly used citation styles (at the community college level, anyway) abandoned footnotes many editions ago.
The link from the first unit to the second is broken. You can get to the second unit from the menu bar, but the in-text link does not work. Also, there is no way to navigate back one screen. At the end of the quiz you get links to the Rutgers Library, to their Learning Resource Center, and other places, but if you choose one and then try to return to the menu, you return to the beginning of the film segment instead. You would have to watch it all over again to make another choice.
Too specific to the Rutgers Library to be of great value to another institution.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This module is a very effective teaching tool which covers a lot of material in a short amount of time. I really like this material, and wish I had it specifically for my own college! It does identify learning objects, assuming little prerequisite knowledge, builds on prior concepts introduced progressively. It would be ideal to make easy assignments and is quite charming.
Concerns:
Too many exceptions for me to use, as cited previously. Footnotes are a problem. Concepts are great.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
This module is easy to use, engaging and is aesthetically pleasing. This is a series of short flash movies with an entertaining quiz. The quiz is interactive, and the design is of high, contemporary quality.
Concerns:
The interactivity is limited to a five question quiz at the end. It could benefit from perhaps brief quizzes after the first 2 parts.
Creative Commons:
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