Re: Issues on Plagarism
- From: "Deadrat" <ephemera1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:34:14 GMT
"Kitty Chan" <kittychan953@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1133242135.287104.44460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tertiary insitution is a correspondence course.
> I don't think my question receives any answers so far...
Of course not. You haven't provided enough information for
anyone to be at all helpful. Answer my questions:
What was the course?
What was the assignment?
What kind of help did you request?
What kind of help did you get?
> And I had not handed in the assignment.
> The assignment was not due.
>
>
> Deadrat wrote:
> > "Kitty Chan" <kittychan953@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1133164880.996825.101410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Recently, I have been accused of plagarism by a tertiary institution.
> >
> > What is a "tertiary institution"?
> >
> > > I was doing a course.
> >
> > What was the course (level and subject)?
> >
> > > Today I have received a letter from the academic
> > > registrar saying she
> > > received a complaint of Academic Misconduct. In her letter, she said I
> > > have had
> > > requested others to complete my assessments by posting the request in
> > > a public forum, and have had provided direct links to the assessment
> > > items.
> >
> > What was the assignment? A homework problem set is different from
> > a take-home midterm.
> >
> > > I think I did post a question online asking computer experts to help me
> > > explain these questions.
> >
> > You think? Did you post a request for help or not? If so, what were the
> > questions you asked and what were the answers you received?
> >
> > > She said by doing that, I have breached the Student
> > > Conduct Statute about Plagarism.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me how am I going to explain my misconduct to help
> > > alleviate with the panelty?
> > >
> >
> > To start with, in any correspondence with the registrar (Are you sure it
> > isn't the Dean's office?), you should spell "plagiarism" and "penalty"
> > correctly. Secondly, you probably shouldn't admit to misconduct in a
> > public forum. You want to know how to counter an *accusation* of
> > misconduct, right? The code of conduct probably prohibits the use of
> > others' work as your own. Depending on the wording of the code, it
> > might be a violation to solicit others' work to use as your own. That's
> > why I asked for details of what you actually did.
> >
> > If the work was to find the answer to the sum 2+2, and you asked for
> > the answer, got someone to tell you it was 4, and then handed in that
> > answer without giving credit to that someone, then the complaint might
> > be valid. If you asked for an explanation of addition, something that you
> > could have asked the course TA, the you might have a defense.
>
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