When we talk about plagiarism these days, we’re not just talking about cheating, we’re talking about a major cultural paradigm shift that’s taking place. We can’t control the shifting paradigm, try as some might, but we might be able to shape it, if we listen to and read with an open mind what our students are doing.
Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy, of course. But that is the least of it. The Internet may also be redefining how students — who came of age with music file-sharing, Wikipedia and Web-linking — understand the concept of authorship and the singularity of any text or image.
via Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age – NYTimes.com.
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