WebLearn team member wins a competition!

At the nLearning Plagiarism conference in Newcastle in June,  a competition was held for attendees to write for slogans warning students against plagiarism. WebLearn team member Dr Jill Fresen submitted 3 slogans and the first one was chosen as a … Continue reading

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New TurnItIn newsletter

There is a brand new TurnItIn newsletter. Topics covered: Reducing the Prevalence of Cheating In The News Upcoming Events Upcoming Webinars and Training Scheduled Maintenance Links Read the newsletter

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WebLearn courses next term

From Michaelmas term, we will be offering a new course ‘WebLearn: Surveys‘ which enables Oxford users to design and deliver online surveys at no charge. If you have materials in the old WebLearn system (Bodington), come and attend the course … Continue reading

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Times Higher article about a “Plagiarism tariff”

There’s an interesting article in the Times Higher (17 June 2010) which proposes a method of ‘scoring’ plagiarism. The article provides three examples of plagiarism, how these offences are scored, and how a decision on censure is reached. As the … Continue reading

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Formal submission of Essays using WebLearn – pilot

Online submission of coursework significantly enhances the student experience, allows work to undergo automatic plagiarism analysis, and facilitates the distribution of submissions to departments and examiners. These are the preliminary findings of an online submission pilot being run by Student … Continue reading

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A great practical example of using WebLearn to enhance teaching

Dr Scot Peterson, a lecturer in Politics, just gave an excellent and informative talk as part of the OUCS “make:” lunchtime sessions. Scot also teaches at Reading University where he has to use the Blackboard VLE. My ears pricked up … Continue reading

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Plagiarism Conference

This fourth biennial conference, hosted by plagiarismadvice.org, and sponsored by Ofqual draws together delegates from the international educational community. In 2008 250 delegates from schools, colleges, universities, awarding and regulatory bodies along with commercial organisations from around the world met … Continue reading

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