Are you currently studying? This free course, All my own work: exploring academic integrity, is designed to help you build confidence in producing your own work for academic purposes. You will explore what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, and learn how and when to reference. The course also includes an interactive to work through, which will help you to identify the potential temptations and challenges you may face when working on assignments. By the end of the course you should have developed an understanding of what appropriate academic practice is and feel more confident in producing your own work for academic purposes.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction and overview
- Introduction and overview
- Moving around the course
- What is a badged course?
- Acknowledgements
- Session1Session 1: Ethics, trust and academic community: why?
- Introduction
- 1 What is plagiarism?
- 1.1 Plagiarism in everyday life
- 2 Demonstrating your academic abilities
- 2.1 Personal and professional audit trails
- 2.2 Honest qualifications
- 2.3 Being a member of an academic community
- 3 The consequences of plagiarism: detecting plagiarism
- 4 The consequences of plagiarism: what happens next?
- 5 Myth busting
- 6 Summary of Session 1
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session2Session 2: When and when not to reference
- Introduction
- 1 What is common knowledge?
- 1.1 Referencing common knowledge
- 2 Quoting, citing and referencing
- 3 Challenges and temptations
- 4 Summary of Session 2
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session3Session 3: Exploring the ‘how’ of producing your own work
- Introduction
- 1 What is paraphrasing?
- 1.1 Tips on how to paraphrase
- 2 Using direct quotes
- 3 Learning together
- 3.1 Working with other students in a connected world
- 4 How to avoid collusion
- 5 Study skills and time management
- 5.1 Where does time go?
- 5.2 Being SMART
- 5.3 Being reflective
- 5.4 Making the best of the time you have
- 6 Asking for help
- 7 End-of-course quiz
- 8 Summary of Session 3
- References
- Acknowledgements
