A routine of plagiarism detection structures-in distrust. Plagiarism detection systems are seen by many as merely administrative aids to ease the academic assessment workload. Hamish Macleod argues that when used routinely, they send a message of fundamental suspicion which risks distorting teacher-learner relationships and students’ emerging understanding of academic dialogue.
This talk forms part of a series of three book launch events
held in September and October 2020 to mark the publication of The Manifesto for
Teaching Online:
Re-coding,
16th September.
We are the
campus, 7th October.
Text has
been troubled, 15th October.
The Manifesto
for Teaching Online can be purchased via MIT Press