Universities place a high value on the “ac ademic integrity” and originality of research and writing\, and we formulat e rules and policies to discourage plagiarism and other forms of cheating. But what is originality? When you are writing about someone else’s work\, h ow do you decide what is appropriate use of source material\, and what is u noriginal or even plagiarizing? And why do professors care so much about wh ether papers and student writing are fully their own work\, rather than pul led from online sources?
Complex issues have also arisen recently abo ut how and how much universities should try to ensure students refrain from cheating on tests and quizzes. Is the use of Proctorio or other technologi cal proctoring services acceptable? If not\, how else can/should universiti es take steps to ensure students are evaluated fairly and accurately on the quality of their own work? And why is such evaluation necessary at all?
The UBC Philosophy Department invites you to attend and participate in a panel discussion with three of our faculty members (Sylvia Berryman\, Dav e Gilbert\, and Scott Anderson) to talk about these and related questions a round academic integrity\, originality\, and cheating prevention in the cur rent pandemic circumstances. There will be plenty of time for student quest ions and discussion\, and a chance to interact with faculty and fellow stud ents.
For Zoom meeting details\, please RSVP to phil.ugradengagement@ ubc.ca.
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