scholarly journals Reasons for Plagiarism in Higher Education

Organizacija ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polona Šprajc ◽  
Marko Urh ◽  
Janja Jerebic ◽  
Dragan Trivan ◽  
Eva Jereb
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Moral Beliefs ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Nonparametric Statistical

Abstract Background and Purpose: The survey was performed to determine the reasons that lead students to possibly commit plagiarism during their studies. By doing so, we wanted to determine the main reason for the appearance of plagiarism and how, within this main reasons, various indicators of plagiarism are judged and, finally, how demographic data and student motivation for study are associated with the reasons for plagiarism. Design/Methodology/Approach: A paper-and-pencil survey was carried out among 17 faculties of the University of Maribor in Slovenia. A sample of 139 students 85 males and 54 females participated in this study, ages ranged from 19 to 36 years. The questionnaire contained 95 closed questions referring to: (i) general data, (ii) education, (iii) social status, (iv) awareness of plagiarism, and (v) reasons for plagiarism. Parametric and nonparametric statistical tests were performed depending on distributions of the answers. Results: The results reveal that information and communication technology is largely responsible for the plagiarism with two reasons highlighted: ease of copying and ease of access to materials and new technologies. We also found some differences between low and high motivated students. Different average values of the answers considering motivation for study were confirmed for academic skills, teaching factors and other reasons for plagiarism, where the average for lower motivated students is significantly different (higher) than the average for higher motivated students. At the end we could find no direct relationship between the average time spent on the Internet and plagiarism. Conclusion: The transmission of knowledge is the basic mission of faculties. This mission is based on moral beliefs about the harmfulness of its abuse, and plagiarism is exactly such abuse. Regardless of the students past at this point professors are those who could greatly contribute to the right set of skills to keep students off plagiarising.

A Tracer Study of ICT Graduate Students at Mzuzu University, Malawi

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chimango Nyasulu ◽  
Winner Chawinga ◽  
George Chipeta
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
First Century ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Governments the world over are increasingly challenging universities to produce human resources with the right skills sets and knowledge required to drive their economies in this twenty-first century. It therefore becomes important for universities to produce graduates that bring tangible and meaningful contributions to the economies. Graduate tracer studies are hailed to be one of the ways in which universities can respond and reposition themselves to the actual needs of the industry. It is against this background that this study was conducted to establish the relevance of the Department of Information and Communication Technology at Mzuzu University to the Malawian economy by systematically investigating occupations of its former students after graduating from the University. The study adopted a quantitative design by distributing an online-based questionnaire with predominantly closed-ended questions. The study focused on three key objectives: to identify key employing sectors of ICT graduates, to gauge the relevance of the ICT programme to its former students’ jobs and businesses, and to establish the level of satisfaction of the ICT curriculum from the perspectives of former ICT graduates. The key findings from the study are that the ICT programme is relevant to the industry. However, some respondents were of the view that the curriculum should be strengthened by revising it through an addition of courses such as Mobile Application Development, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, and LINUX Administration to keep abreast with the ever-changing ICT trends and job requirements. The study strongly recommends the need for regular reviews of the curriculum so that it is continually responding to and matches the needs of the industry.

scholarly journals Universidad: NTIC, interacción y aprendizaje

2006 ◽  
pp. a061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Meneses Benítez
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

El trabajo que se presenta tiene como punto de partida la percepción o valoración que todos hemos realizado al finalizar un curso o programa educativo de que se ha producido, o no,  un aprendizaje a lo largo del mismo - independientemente de su carácter presencial o virtual -. Se aborda esta situación mediante el estudio de la influencia de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación en la enseñanza en la universidad y de forma más específica por medio de una investigación que persigue la identificación y caracterización de la interacción como elemento clave en el aprendizaje.AbstractThis paper has, as a starting point, the appreciation and assessment we all have done at the end of a course or educative program we have assesst, whether or not, there’s been a learning throughout the whole program – apart from its virtual or presencial character-. The situation has been undertaken by means of the study of the influence the new technologies of information and communication, have in the university teachings and, more precisely, through the investigation that aims at the interactivity identification as a key factor in the learnings in teaching: tools contributions, things that might changes, the nature of the interactivity accomplishment, the impact, the insertion of the different elements...

New technologies or new human rights: the right to a government by humans and the right to one’s own thoughts?

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 283-296
Author(s):  
Ryszard Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
State Level ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The Right

The rapid development of information and communication technology has made it imperative that new human rights be spelled out, to cope with an array of expected threats associated with this process. With artificial intelligence being increasingly put to practical uses, the prospect arises of Man’s becoming more and more AI-dependant in multiple walks of life. This necessitates that a constitutional and international dimension be imparted to a right that stipulates that key state-level decisions impacting human condition, life and freedom must be made by humans, not automated systems or other AI contraptions. But if artificial intelligence were to make decisions, then it should be properly equipped with value-based criteria. The culture of abdication of privacy protection may breed consent to the creation and practical use of technologies capable to penetrate an individual consciousness without his or her consent. Evidence based on such thought interference must be barred from court proceedings. Everyone’s right to intellectual identity and integrity, the right to one’s thoughts being free from technological interference, is as essential for the survival of the democratic system as the right to privacy – and it may well prove equally endangered.

scholarly journals Education for Democratic Citizenship in a Digital Culture

Comunicar ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (36) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicent Gozálvez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Right ◽  
Deliberative Processes

Given the importance of new technologies in the classroom, especially in today’s information and communication societies, and following European Union recommendations to promote media literacy, this article reflects the need to educate not only in technical and efficient applications of communication technologies but also in their civic and responsible use, thus promoting participatory and deliberative processes which are the lifeline of a functioning democracy. The Greek dream of «isegoria», everyone’s right to speak, can become a reality in a digital culture, yet the highly selective use of communication technology can have the opposite effect: new forms of socialization can contribute to the expansion of «echo chambers» or «digital niches», shrinking communication spaces in which the right to speak dissociates itself from the responsibility to listen critically to what arises from a more open, plural and public sphere. One of the goals of education in a digital culture is precisely to diminish this trend that authors such as Sunstein, Wolton and Cortina have detected in recent years. This article proposes educational guidelines to avoid this bias by using communication technology to promote digital citizenship and the ethical values sustained by democratic societies.Asumiendo la importancia de las nuevas tecnologías en las aulas, especialmente en las actuales sociedades de la información y la comunicación, y siguiendo las recomendaciones de la Unión Europea a favor de la alfabetización mediática, el presente trabajo reflexiona acerca de la necesidad de educar no solo en los usos técnicos y eficientes de las tecnologías comunicativas, sino también en el uso responsable y cívico de las mismas, favoreciendo así los procesos participativos y deliberativos que son el sustento de una democracia viva. El sueño griego de la «isegoría», del igual derecho de todos al uso de la palabra, puede hacerse realidad en la cultura digital, si bien es cierto que un uso hiperselectivo de la tecnología comunicativa puede producir un efecto contrario: las nuevas formas de socialización pueden contribuir a la expansión de «cámaras de eco» o «nichos digitales», es decir, espacios discursivos cada vez más reducidos en donde el derecho a decir se desvincula de la responsabilidad de escuchar críticamente lo que procede de un espacio público más abierto y plural. Una de las metas de la educación en la cultura digital es precisamente frenar esta tendencia, detectada en los últimos años por autores como Sunstein, Wolton o Cortina. En el presente artículo se proponen orientaciones educativas para evitar estos sesgos y para fomentar, mediante la tecnología comunicativa, la ciudadanía digital y los valores éticos propios de sociedades democráticas.

scholarly journals Latin american university videos and cultural, scientific and economic development

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Bustamante-Newball
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
American University ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
Year 2000

This paper is the product of the author’s five year continued experience in the teaching of journalism in the classes of TV Production (third year of the career), Audiovisual Journalism (fourth year) Writing and Realization of Scripts for TV (fifth year) at the University of Los Andes in Venezuela, based on the reform and revision accomplished during the year 2000 of the programs of three subjects in which three fundamental axes were used: the performance of productions associated to the three mentions of the career of Social Communication at the university of Los Andes (Scientific Development, Economic Development, and Cultural Development), the incorporation of New Technologies of Information and Communication (TIC) for the production and digital postproduction of videotapes, and the annual organization of a festival (EXPOVISUAL), aimed at the public in general for which the students elaborate special productions.Este trabajo es producto de la sistematización de la experiencia de cinco años de la autora en la formación de comunicadores sociales en la Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela) en las cátedras Producción de Televisión (tercer año de la carrera), Periodismo Audiovisual (cuarto año) y Escritura y Realización de Guiones (asignatura optativa del quinto año) a partir de la reforma y revisión anual desde el 2000 de los programas de estas asignaturas sobre tres ejes fundamentales: la realización de producciones que respondan a las tres menciones que tiene esta carrera universitaria en la institución indicada (Comunicación para el desarrollo científico, Comunicación para el desarrollo económico y Comunicación para el desarrollo cultural), la incorporación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) para la producción y postproducción digital de los vídeos, y la organización anual de un festival universitario (EXPOVISUAL), dirigido al público, en general, para el cual los alumnos de las cátedras elaboran producciones especiales. A los efectos del mencionado festival y de la combinación satisfactoria de los tres aspectos mencionados, se les ha planteado a los estudiantes de Producción en Televisión la adaptación de cuentos latinoamericanos breves. Ello ha resultado no solo en una forma de incentivarlos a la lectura crítica de estos textos a los fines de seleccionarlos sobre la base de su idea temática (reflejo de nuestros valores, miedos, preocupaciones, deseos y nuestras necesidades), sino también en una manera de difundir parte de nuestro acervo literario regional y de utilizar la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea con fines instrumentales (estudio de los contenidos temáticos, procedimentales y actitudinales vinculados con la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la televisión). Los alumnos de Periodismo Audiovisual trabajan con el género informativo, específicamente, con micros, reportajes especiales y documentales cortos para fomentar o reflejar el desarrollo regional desde la óptica científica, económica y cultural. A los estudiantes de Escritura y Realización de Guiones se les propone la producción de mensajes institucionales sobre valores humanos universales. Como principales resultados se encuentran la creación y realización de cinco ediciones de EXPOVISUAL, el conocimiento teórico-práctico de la totalidad del proceso de producción audiovisual por parte de los alumnos y el mejoramiento de la calidad de los vídeos gracias a las TIC, y la creación de un festival binacional universitario (EXPOVISUAL DE LA FRONTERA) con el apoyo del Consulado de Venezuela en el Departamento Norte de Santander (Colombia), actividad que aparte de estimular el intercambio de visiones y producciones de las cátedras de televisión de dos universidades ubicadas en la frontera colombo-venezolana (la Universidad de Pamplona y la Universidad de Los Andes), más recientemente (2005) ha resultado en el planteamiento de un proyecto académico para la coproducción de un documental.

scholarly journals New technologies and the education of information professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hare
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Records Management ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
The University

Using the example of the Masters in Records Management by Distance Learning at the University of Nortumbria at Newcastle in the United Kingdom, the article will explore the potentials of the new information and communication technologies and the implications for using them as a means of delivery for education for information professionals.The key challenge is to ensure that the education instils not only an awareness of the technologies and skills in their use but also the capacity to understand and evaluate their potential since they are the prime tools of trade for information professionals today. An effective approach is to study the technologies through using the technologies but success can only be achieved if the wider systems of processes and approaches, based on teamwork, are developed to recognise specialisms and divisions of labour. 

Technology Exploration Process

2011 ◽  
pp. 373-384
Author(s):  
Michele De Lorenzi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University

This chapter presents a technology exploration process designed to support service innovation for information and communication technologies in a university environment. The mission of the technology exploration is to highlight possible applications of new technologies on the basis of prototypes which, following an evaluation phase, are used to develop new services. The exploration process is composed of several stages. In the first stage a number of proposals are generated beginning with the analysis of users’ expectations, best practices and technology developments. In the next stage prototypes for selected proposals are implemented. Only the most viable prototypes are then further developed to maturity, providing a reliable service. This chapter is based on the experience gathered by our team over a period of 18 months. During this period six prototypes have been developed, three of which have been further developed to full maturity. The introduction of a voice over IP service for all the university members illustrates the exploration process.

Knowledge Management in University Libraries in the Information Technology Era

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
System A ◽  
Internet Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Paper Work ◽  
The Right

Knowledge Management (KM) is one of the most important and valuable tasks in University libraries. There are varieties of knowledge in the world. The traditional sources of knowledge in libraries are manuscript, hard bounded books, journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, documents etc. In other words we can say that KM is limited up to paper work only. The new techniques and technologies are injecting a new culture in Knowledge Management system. A time will come when the paper work of library will be replaced with digital or electronic versions. Managing knowledge assets can be a challenge with the advent of new technologies such as Internet, information technology (IT), information and communication technology (ICT), networking service organizations (ERNET, NICNET, OCLC, INFLIBNET etc.), databases (www.manupatra.com, www.lexisnexis.com/in/legal, www.lexisnexis.com/ academic, www.westlawindia.com, www.jstor.org etc.), data mining, web casting etc. Therefore the concept of KM can be put forth with these words: Getting the right knowledge to the right people through right processes on right time by utilizing efficient IT infra-structure.

scholarly journals Trueness of digital implant impressions based on implant angulation and scan body materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hyun Lee ◽  
Jae-Hwi Bae ◽  
Su Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Root Mean Square ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
In Vitro Study ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Second Molar ◽  
Impression Accuracy ◽  
Scan Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
Nonparametric Statistical

AbstractEffects of implant angulation on digital implant impression accuracy remain controversial. Therefore, this in vitro study aimed to compare the digital implant impression trueness among models with different implant angulations and scan body materials. Six partially edentulous mandibular models with dental implants on the right second premolar and second molar areas were categorized according to the implant angulation of the distal implant (parallel, or 15° mesially or lingually tilted compared to the mesial implant) and scan body materials (polyetheretherketone or titanium). After scanning each model with intraoral scanners, the root mean square and within-tolerance values were calculated with respect to the reference, and nonparametric statistical tests were performed (α = .05). Scan data from models with the mesially tilted distal implant showed better trueness than the corresponding parallel and lingually tilted groups in terms of root mean square values (p < .017). The root mean square value in the titanium scan body group was lower than that in the polyetheretherketone scan body group (p < .001). However, the percentage within a tolerance of ± .1 mm was higher in the polyetheretherketone scan body group than in the titanium scan body group (p = .001). Intraoral scan data of models where the terminal implant was mesially tilted showed better trueness.

Accountability and Web Usage in University Foundations

2014 ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
María del Mar Gálvez-Rodríguez ◽  
María del Carmen Caba-Pérez ◽  
Manuel López-Godoy
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Web Usage ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Information and Communications Technologies management and, in particular, Web pages are fundamental to an adequate disclosure of information and dialog to NPOs´ stakeholders. Amongst the entities of this sector, the labor of University Foundations (UF) as intermediary agents between the university and society is highlighted in this chapter. In spite of their social mission, the corruption cases of some UF have questioned their legitimacy, so the demand for new models of accountability has increased. Based on these precedents and centered on United States cases, this study presents two objectives: firstly, to analyze the influence of regulation, related to the right to information access, in UF´s Web usage as an accountability mechanism; secondly, to identify the relation between the management of 1.0 Web and the implementation of the new technologies of information—2.0 Web—in the aforementioned Web pages.

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