Some preliminary Notes on the Use of Video-Conferencing in Public Affairs Education

• Literature:
  • Doggett, A. M. (2007). The videoconferencing classroom: What do students think?. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 44(4). http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v44n4/doggett.html
    • Survey-based assessment of student perspectives; students randomly assigned to online class or traditional class. Some minor interesting results.
  • Bryer, T. A., & Seigler, D. (2012). Theoretical and instrumental rationales of student empowerment through social and web-based technologies. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 429-448. http://accreditation.m.naspaa.org/JPAEmessenger/Article/VOL18-3/03_BryerSeigler.pdf
    • New technologies offer opportunities for modeling and simulating complex professional environments. This article offers a conceptual framework for using social and web-based technologies across face-to-face, online, and virtual world classrooms. Concludes with advice on strategically designing courses to empower students using technology.
• Questions for discussion:
  • Models: group-to-group, vs. network of individuals
  • Queuing vs. talking-over
    • Hand-raising and talking stick
  • Wiki-platforms vs. static presentations (re: participant written feedback)
  • Distance handicaps

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Some preliminary Notes on the Problem of Student Plagiarism in Public Affairs Education

• Some resources for instructors:
  • http://ii.library.jhu.edu/tag/plagiarism/
    • How to detect; Teachable moments; Resources for teaching
  • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/929/01/
    • Student activities to understand plagiarism
  • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/930/01/
    • Student activities to learn how to not plagiarize
  • https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/preventing-plagiarism/
    • More exercises and tips
  • https://teachingandlearninginhighered.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/nelms-50-ways-of-addressing-student-plagiarism-pedagogically-1.pdf
    • 50 tips
  • http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/7/28-1
    • Tips for instructors
• Questions for discussion:
  • Is it cheating, or a lack of understanding?
    • Ercegovac, Z., & Richardson, J. V. (2004). Academic dishonesty, plagiarism included, in the digital age: A literature review. College & Research Libraries, 65(4), 301-318. https://v-www.baruch.cuny.edu/facultyhandbook/documents/PlagiarismLiteratureReview.pdf
    • Dawson, M. M., & Overfield, J. A. (2006). Plagiarism: Do students know what it is?. Bioscience Education, 8(1), 1-15. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3108/beej.8.1
  • Are there cultural differences?
    • Stone, C. R. (2008). What plagiarism was not: Some preliminary observations on classical Chinese attitudes toward what the West calls intellectual property. Marquette Law Review, 92, 199. http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1304&context=mulr
  • Does “writing in the open” reduce plagiarism?
    • Hu, Q., & Johnston, E. (2012). Using a wiki-based course design to create a student-centered learning environment: Strategies and lessons. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 493-512. http://www.naspaa.org/JPAEMessenger/Article/VOL18-3/06_HuJohnston.pdf
  • Is “copy and paste” the root of most plagiarism?
    • Jocoy, C. L., & DiBiase, D. (2006). Plagiarism by adult learners online: A case study in detection and remediation. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 7(1). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/242/466
  • Are we focused on plagiarism of the words and not ideas?
    • Bouville, M. (2008). Plagiarism: Words and ideas. Science and Engineering Ethics, 14(3), 311-322. https://arxiv.org/pdf/0803.1526.pdf
  • Does public admin have a particular problem (given professional practice)?
    • No literature found?
    • Counterexample: journalism appears to have fewer problems (professional practice strongly discourages and punishes plagiarism)