The Multiple Uses of iThenticate in Doctoral Education: Policing Malpractice or Improving Research Writing?

Autor/inn/en	McCulloch, Alistair; Behrend, Monica B.; Braithwaite, Felicity Anna
Titel	The Multiple Uses of iThenticate in Doctoral Education: Policing Malpractice or Improving Research Writing?
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 38 (2022) 1, S.20-32 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Behrend, Monica B.) ORCID (Braithwaite, Felicity Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Plagiarism; Prevention; Program Effectiveness; Student Research; Research Reports; Technical Writing; Doctoral Students; Computer Software; Supervisors; College Faculty; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Plagiat; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Studentenforschung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Fakultät; Australien
Abstract	This article provides a description and analysis of the way in which research degree students and their supervisors at one Australian university (the University of South Australia) use a popular online plagiarism-detection system, iThenticate. The study identifies how these two groups use iThenticate by analysing usage data together with data from an anonymous online survey conducted 12 months after the university took out a pilot subscription to the system. One hundred and nineteen students and 26 supervisors responded to the survey, representing 61% and 43% of the active users in each category. The survey found that the two groups of respondents used the system differently but that, while for both groups iThenticate's regulatory function in preventing plagiarism (whether international or accidental) was important, the system's potential educational function in improving research writing capability and publication was equally important. The study highlights the value of regarding the use of anti-plagiarism software so as to encourage a move way from a simple focus on its punitive regulatory dimension and towards its educational possibilities and suggests directions for future research on the relationship between this type of software and the ways scholars work with other people's texts to recreate meanings and develop original contributions. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01