Paul, I think you've missed the point. Plagiarism has no purpose whatever when the course is not for credit. These are people for whom plagiarism has become so habitual, they are unable to not do it, even when there is no reason to do so.
I used to argue that if we stopped giving grades, plagiarism (and other cheating) would end because all that the students could get from the course was the knowledge it provided. Apparently I underestimated how deeply, permanently corrupting the process of grading is. Chris ---------- On 2012-08-18, at 9:55 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > I am shocked, shocked to find there is plagiarism going on in this course > that has no admissions or prerequisite criteria! > > This reads like an Onion article. The professor pleading that it stop is both > pathetic and hilarious. What do these folks think they've created when they > build a course with 39K 'students' and no controls over any aspect of the > students who take the course? It is so idealistic that it is foolish, IMO. > > Paul > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Christopher Green wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Apparently plagiarism has come unmoored from its instrumental source -- >> viz., receiving higher grades than one deserves. It is now a functionally >> autonomous recreation. /: - | >> http://chronicle.com/article/Dozens-of-Plagiarism-Incidents/133697/ >> >> Chris >> --- >> Christopher D. Green >> Department of Psychology >> York University >> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 >> Canada >> >> [email protected] >> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ >> ========================== >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=19815 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-19815-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> >> >> >> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=19829 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-19829-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19834 or send a blank email to leave-19834-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
