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New Book: _Student Plagiarism in the Online World: Problems and Solutions_
by Gerry Mckiernan 13 May '08

13 May '08

Colleagues I just received an ILL copy of A Most Excellent New Book on Title: Student plagiarism in an online world : problems and solutions / Author(s): Roberts, Tim S.,; 1955- Publication: Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, Year: 2008 Description: xxiv, 294 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. BTW: I've nearly finished Chapter 16 "Students And The Internet: The Dissolution Of Boundaries" [I just received The Book yesterday] [:-)] This Chapter Has Quite A Different Take On The P-Word Compared To "The Conversation" In The May 13 2008 Issue Of _The Chronicle Of Higher Education_" "The Future Of Plagiarism" [ http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/05/2008051301c/careers.html?utm_source=… ] The HardCover is $ 180 ; The E-Edition is $ 132 [Paperback NOT Available] [ http://www.igi-pub.com/downloads/pdf/Roberts_brochure.pdf ] See Below For TOC + /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ] >>Topics Covered<< Alternatives to plagiarism Assessing textual plagiarism Assignments that support original work Blogging and plagiarism Contract cheating Contributing factors to online plagiarism Controlling plagiarism Educating students Information revolution Lecturer attitudes toward plagiarism Plagiarism and international students Plagiarism and the community college Plagiarism as an ethical issue Plagiarism detection systems Plagiarism prevention Plagiarism-related behaviors Student perspective of plagiarism Unintentional plagiarism Writing as a developmental skill [ http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7031&v=topicsCovered ] >>Table of Contents<< Section I: Some Groundwork Chapter I: Student Plagiarism in an Online World: An Introduction Tim S. Roberts, Central Queensland University, Australia Chapter II: A Student Perspective of Plagiarism Craig Zimitat, Griffith University, Australia Chapter III: Controlling Plagiarism: A Study of Lecturer Attitudes Erik J. Eriksson, Umeå University, Sweden Kirk P. H. Sullivan, Umeå University, Sweden Section II: Two Particular Case Studies Chapter IV: Dealing with Plagiarism as an Ethical Issue Barbara Cogdell, University of Glasgow, UK Dorothy Aidulis, University of Glasgow, UK Chapter V: Working Together to Educate Students Frankie Wilson, Brunel University, UK Kate Ippolito, Brunel University, UK Section III: EFL and International Students Chapter VI: EFL Students: Factors Contributing to Online Plagiarism Teresa Chen, California State University, USA Nai-Kuang Teresa Ku, California State University, USA Chapter VII: International Students: A Conceptual Framework for Dealing with Unintentional Plagiarism Ursula McGowan, The University of Adelaide, Australia Chapter VIII: International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying, or Learning? Lucas D. Introna, Lancaster University Management School, UK Niall Hayes, Lancaster University Management School, UK Section IV: Two Specific Issues Chapter IX: Plagiarism and the Community College Teri Thomson Maddox, Jackson State Community College, USA Chapter X: The Phenomena of Contract Cheating Thomas Lancaster, Birmingham City University, UK Robert Clarke, Birmingham City University, UK Section V: Prevention is Better than Cure Chapter XI: Prevention is Better than Cure: Addressing Cheating and Plagiarism Based on the IT Student Perspective Martin Dick, RMIT University, Australia Judithe Sheard, Monash University, Australia Maurie Hasen, Monash University, Australia Chapter XII: Plagiarism, Instruction, and Blogs Michael Hanrahan, Bates College, USA Chapter XIII: Minimizing Plagiarism by Redesigning the Learning Environment and Assessment Madhumita Bhattacharya, Athabasca University, Canada and Massey University, New Zealand Lone Jorgensen, Massey University, New Zealand Chapter XIV: Expect Originality! Using Taxonomies to Structure Assignments that Support Original Work Janet Salmons, Vision2Lead, Inc., USA Section VI: Two Looks to the Future Chapter XV: Substantial, Verbatim, Unattributed, Misleading: Applying Criteria to Assess Textual Plagiarism Wilfried Decoo, Brigham Young University, USA and University of Antwerp, Belgium Chapter XVI: Students and the Internet: The Dissolution of Boundaries Jon R. Ramsey, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Free Access to the Online Version When Your Library Purchases a Print Copy [ http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7031&v=tableOfContents] >>Preface<< [ http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7031&v=preface ] >>Introduction<< [ http://www.igi-pub.com/downloads/excerpts/reference/IGR4674_Le4VKS5ELI.pdf ]

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Copenhagen Wiki Wednesday
by RuT 13 May '08

13 May '08

Hello All! Inspired by other cities, Copenhagen will also have its own version of WikiWednesday. Wiki Wednesday is a monthly event to get together wikiers, wikipedians, wiki-researchers, developpers, bloggers and anyone interested in wikis, social software and web2.0. When: 14th of May 2008, at 17:30 Where: Studenterhuset, Købmagergade 52, København K Distribute the invitation widely! Come and cheer '1st Life'! mvh, for the KWW organizing committee, Rut Jesus (PhD student on wikis, center for phil of nature and science studies, KU)

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Re: [Air-L] viral sampling
by Rhiannon Bury 12 May '08

12 May '08

I read this message and immediately thought the same thing--isn't this old-fashioned "snowball sampling"? I still use the latter term but I admit I like the ring of "viral sampling." :) Rhiannon ----- Original Message ---- From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:44:09 AM Subject: [Air-L] viral sampling Taryn, What you're doing is called "snowball sampling" and has been around for about 30 years in sociology -- altho not widely used there.

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World day of the telecommunications ...
by Rosa María Merino 12 May '08

12 May '08

Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información "Conectar a las personas con discapacidades: las oportunidades de las TIC para todos" El Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones se viene celebrando el 17 de Mayo de todos los años desde 1969, conmemorando la fundación de la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT), agencia de las Naciones Unidas para las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (TIC), y la Primera Convención Internacional de Telégrafos de 1865. La Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información propuso en Noviembre de 2005 a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas declarar el 17 de Mayo como el Día Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información con el fin de resaltar la importancia de las TIC y otros temas relacionados a la Cumbre. Es así que en Marzo de 2006 la Asamblea General de la ONU emite una resolución estipulando que el Día Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información sea celebrado el 17 de Mayo de cada año. En Noviembre de 2006 la UIT decide celebrar ambos eventos el 17 de Mayo como el Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información. El propósito del Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información es el de ayudar a crear conciencia sobre las posibilidades que el uso de Internet y otras TIC pueden brindar a las sociedades y economías, así como sobre las maneras de cerrar la brecha digital. Este año el Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información adoptó el tema "Conectar a las personas con discapacidades: las oportunidades de las TIC para todos" para enfatizar los requerimientos especiales de las personas con discapacidad. En Perú, con motivo de la celebración del Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información, el Capítulo Peruano de la Internet Society (ISOC Perú), el Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Capacitación en Telecomunicaciones (INICTEL-UNI), la Red Académica Peruana (RAAP), la IPv6 Task Force Perú y APEC Learning Community Builders (ALCoB Perú) han unido esfuerzos para organizar un evento que se llevará a cabo el día 19 de Mayo en las instalaciones del Centro Internacional de Convenciones del INICTEL-UNI a partir de las 5:00 pm. Para mayor información e inscribirse al evento ingresar a la página web http://www.inictel.gob.pe/dia-telecom.htm

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FW: [JoCI] New Issue Published
by Michael Gurstein 12 May '08

12 May '08

Readers: The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/22. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for your continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics Phone/Fax+1-604-602-0624 urstein(a)gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 3, No 4 (2007) Table of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/22 Editorial -------- Some Thoughts on ICT in a Developing World Context Michael Gurstein Articles -------- Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Impact of the Global System for Mobile Communications on Nigeria Rural Economy: Implications for an Emerging Communications Industry Tella Adeyinka Trouble at Kookaburra Hollow: how media mediate Michael V. Arnold, Christopher J Shepherd, Martin R Gibbs Some perspectives on understanding the adoption and implementation of ICT interventions in developing countries Md. Mahfuz Ashraf, Paul Swatman, Dr. Jo Hanisch The Vancouver Community Network, Social Investing and Public Good Models of ICT development Christopher Bodnar Technology Mediated Learning: Building Capacity in Rural Communities David W Bruce, Victoria Hagens, Katrina Ellis Community Wireless: Policy and Regulation Perspectives Matthew A Wong Reports -------- Innovations in Microfinance technologies Gisèle Gagnon ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net

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DeadLine Extension: EURO mGOV and mSOCIETY 2008
by i k 12 May '08

12 May '08

MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES and EXHIBITIONS New Submission Deadline: 2 June 2008 -- mSOCIETY 2008 -- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2008 -- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15 -19 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html mlife(a)mgovernment.org mLife Events Organization decided to extended the submission deadline to June 2nd, both to respond to various requests for extension and to organize the special sessions better. Electronic submissions are open and can be accessed via http://www.mgovernment.org/confadmin/ Please see the confenence brief below and more information on the conferences, program highlights, topics, organisers and supporters can be found at the http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ Cheers Kushchu, General Chair ---- Please feel free to forward MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES and EXHIBITIONS -- mSOCIETY 2008 -- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2008 -- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15 -19 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html mlife(a)mgovernment.org SPONSORS, ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTERS: --- TURKCELL (Diamond Sponsor), TurkSat (Gold Sponsor) --- CISCO, Mobile Government Consortium International, AykeyNet, Dept. of Computer Engineering TOBB Uni. of Economics and Technology The Center for Information & Society at the University of Washington TUBITAK mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in and shape the development of the social aspects of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. ----- EURO mGOV 2008 - The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15-16 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey ----- Mobile Government involves revolutionary approaches to eGovernment and the modernization of public sector via the utilization of networked mobile technologies in local or central government organizations. It aims to enhance public sector business by creating new opportunities to provide services to society. mGovernment is now a recognized field of practice and research, and constitutes the next evolutionary step of progress in eGovernment. The EURO mGOV 2008 aims to be a platform for presenting, exchanging and disseminating the newest developments, ideas, applications and services in the field of mGovernment among three essential constituents: public and private sector professionals and the researchers. ------ IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/

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Re: [Air-L] AoIR Newsletter III
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 12 May '08

12 May '08

And a very nice newsletter it is. Thanks to the creators and contributors. Included is (yet another) announcement of the inaugural ICS/AoIR special issue of papers from the 2007 conference -- recommended viewing for all! /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 02:22:04 -0400 >From: "Sandra C. Bavasso Roffo" <scbr(a)sinectis.com.ar> >Subject: [Air-L] AoIR Newsletter III >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >Cheers! The third edition of the AoIR newsletter is now available online -with information about new publications, job openings, PhD news, and more, much more. You can find it at: > ><http://aoir.org/newsletter/> > >Thanks to to all the rest of the team that made it possible (Karine Barzilai- Nahon; Mark Bell; Andrew Cox; Eliezer Ferreira; Maciej Kos; Deanya Lattimore; Denise Rall; Pedro Oiarzabal; Jamie Switzer; Monica Whitty) and to Charles Ess that helped us when no one else would come to our rescue! > >Of course, feedback and suggestions are more than welcome... > >Regards, >Sandra > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ -------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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Re: [Air-L] Viral email dissemination as a sociological research
by Katie Morrissey 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi Taryn, I did something similar for my masters thesis, but I used a mixture of internet/email outreach, rather than email alone. For promotional tools, I created several banner images for blog/web posts and a sample email for participants to use to promote my survey. This is for a masters thesis, so emphasis on the "pilot" in pilot study, but the approach was very successful for me. One thing you might consider for measuring who is/is not responding-- and you may already be doing this-- Survey Monkey allows you to create multiple unique URLs for your survey which you can track. I used those with each place I posted information about the survey. It isn't the best guide, but it does allow you to see which outreach attempts are (or are not) more successful than others. They also offer some sort of emailing service (the one using addresses you provide). This may allow you to watch the survey's movement a little more carefully, but I didn't use it so I'm not quite sure what it really entails. - Katie On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:45 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 06:31:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: Taryn Ferris <tarynferris(a)yahoo.com.au> > Subject: [Air-L] Viral email dissemination as a sociological research > methodology - some questions > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: <364815.8422.qm(a)web51409.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi there. > > I'm > quite new to this listserv and have never posted, but I've been quietly > imbibing posts for a couple of weeks, and I'd now like to stick my head > out and ask a few questions... > > I'm currently analysing the > results from a small (pilot) online research project I have conducted, > and to date, I have not been able to locate anyone within the field of > sociology in particular who is using similar online methodologies. I'm > wondering if there's any of you out there who can point me in the right > (or any!) direction... > > Broadly, I have utilised viral or > community email dissemination to recruit research participants, and in > doing so have tried to go some way to addressing issues of > researcher/researched power relations (in theory!) by relying on > participant-led take-up. I have created a survey via Survey Monkey and > have placed the link in an email that I have sent to all those within > my social network. I have then asked individuals to pass on the email > (viral or community marketing-style) within their social networks (and > beyond if possible). Within the survey participants are asked if they > would like to participate in a further stage of the study which > requires them to supply an image pertaining to a question posed in the > survey. Take-up of this second stage, is of course, once again, > entirely optional and participant-led. > > Forgive > me all you scholarly techies out there - I am very new to internet > research, and really no expert at all on internet technologies, so you > may find my explication below lacking in net-savvy understanding or > terminology. I am first and foremost a sociologist who is interested in > employing internet technologies as a methodology for qualitative > sociological research. > > Within this pilot early analysis shows > the methodology has been reasonably successful with around 70% of > survey take-up *not* originating from emails that I originally > disseminated. Nonetheless it definitely has its drawbacks - one major > one being that there is no way (that I'm aware of, and by reading your > posts over the last few weeks I believe it is a drawback of online > research in general - although perhaps something that many of you are > working to change) of measuring the overall success, or failure, of the > research in terms of who *does not* respond (ie who the project reaches > but does not appeal to). One is only aware of the methodological > success rate because of the impossibility of tracing unsuccessful > dissemination *beyond* one's original mail-out. > > Anyway, > I really just wanted to know if any of you were aware of studies > (published or unpublished) outside the realm of marketing where this > type of online methodology is being employed...? I'd love to find some > sociologists experimenting with this methodology, but failing that, any > research utilising viral dissemination methodologies would be of > interest! > > Many thanks for you time, > > Taryn. > > -- > > Taryn Ferris Hands Project > c/o Dr. Irene Gedalof > Course Leader, Women's Studies > Department of Humanities Arts and Languages > Room TM214 > London Metropolitan University > 166-220 Holloway Road > London N8 OAL > E: taryn.ferris.hands.project(a)googlemail.com > > -- "Dishonesty, after all, is just another word for narrative." -- Judith Halberstam

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viral sampling
by Barry Wellman 12 May '08

12 May '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 09:42:48 -0400 From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> To: taryn ferris <taryn.ferris.hands.project(a)googlemail.com>, social networks list <socnet(a)lists.ufl.edu> Subject: viral sampling Taryn, What you're doing is called "snowball sampling" and has been around for about 30 years in sociology -- altho not widely used there. Some key authors to search for are Bonnie Erickson and Ove Frank. (Bonnie is "near" you for a few months in Japan, so you might want to talk with her by phone. She knows more than me.) The only online use I know of, for a different purpose, is Duncan Watts and colleagues at Columbia Sociology, who did a small-world study whose object was to trace the snowballing itself as an indicator of connectivity. Good luck, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days **** PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND FAX NUMBER **** _______________________________________________________________________

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Call for contributors: Workshop on Research 2.0, 18 June 2008, Manchester
by Yuwei Lin 12 May '08

12 May '08

*** Apologies for cross-posing *** 2nd CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS Workshop on Research 2.0 18 June, Manchester (To be held in conjunction with the 4th International e-Social Science conference, 18-20 June 2008, http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/conference/) ---------- Background ---------- Participation in online, social networking activities has become highly popular in contemporary society. Commercial websites integrating with a range of Web 2.0 tools have created a new discourse, replacing the static, top-down nature of Web 1.0. Web 2.0 is also changing the way we do research. It has been envisioned that a well-designed social networking site can facilitate communications between scientists at different physical locations and in different disciplines, and can encourage them or at least make it easier for them to share their data and findings, and possibly recreate and reuse these resources. Research 2.0 is the term commonly used to describe the extension of Web 2.0 tools to support academic and other research. But do all lessons we have learnt from generic social networking sites apply to scientific social networking ones? Or are there any substantial differences between the two, given the specific needs of users working in scientific field? ---------------------- Format of the workshop ---------------------- This one-day workshop, which will be held in conjunction with the 4th International e-Social Science conference at Manchester, aims to map current territory of Research 2.0 (What Web 2.0 applications exist in research and how have they been adopted), and to identify the opportunities and challenges in the development and implementation of Research 2.0. It will consist of a number of short papers and discussion sessions identifying promising research directions and initiating interdisciplinary collaboration. ----------------------------------------- Call for paper presenters and discussants ----------------------------------------- We are looking for paper presenters and discussants. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * new Web 2.0-based technologies for facilitating scientific work * design and evaluation methodologies for Research 2.0 sites (including new research methods such as virtual ethnography) * usability and performativity issues of Research 2.0 sites * cultural, legal and social issues around Research 2.0 * case studies on scientific use of web 2.0 tools and concepts * how Research 2.0 shape the production of scientific knowledge (Do Web 2.0 applications in research make a difference to existing Internet applications like email, content management systems or newsgroups?) * good practice of engaging users and fostering a Research 2.0 community --------------------- Submission Guidelines --------------------- Participants interested in presenting a short paper or being a discussant should submit a 300-word abstract describing the paper to present or the topics to discuss to Yuwei Lin <yuwei.lin(a)ncess.ac.uk> not later than Friday 16 May, 2008. --------------- Important Dates --------------- Abstract submission: 16 May, 2008 Author notification: 19 May, 2008 Date of Workshop: 18 June, 2008 ---------- Organisers ---------- Yuwei Lin (University of Manchester) Rob Procter (University of Manchester) Meik Poschen (University of Manchester) Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester) David De Roure (University of Southampton) For further information please see http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/conference/ -- Dr. Yuwei Lin ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) University of Manchester Arthur Lewis Building 2C Manchester M13 9PL UK T. +44-(0)161-2751388 F. +44-(0)161-2751390 W. (work) http://www.ncess.ac.uk W. (personal) http://www.ylin.org

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