Week+2++Research+Questions

Bill, MaryAnn and I met on Friday and agreed to the following, please feel free to provide additional input to these decisions if desired.
 * || Jack and Elizabeth,

Thanks, Michael

Do the advancements in communications and computing technology increase or decrease the likelihood of plagiarism and cheating in an academic setting?
 * Main Research Question **

What is the definition of plagiarism, why does it occur? How is technology an enabler to plagiarism? Can technology be used to stop or limit plagiarism and how can it be used to prevent accidental plagiarism?
 * Focused Research Questions **

Paper: 5–7 pages (must include charts, diagrams, or other graphical elements) Website
 * Presentation Media **

It is the responsibility of the Week 2 Leader to review each group member’s suggestion and create a final set of questions that reflects the majority opinion. Team - can we only list the questions here so they are easy for everyone compare, I don't beleive we need an exact copy of what we wrote for the discussion post. Ultimately the goal for this week is for us to agree on one common set of questions and the mode of presentation. Thanks...Michael ﻿In addition, you and your group members will decide this week how to best to present your findings. Your research presentation may involve a variety of different media, listed below. Note the time and length parameters listed next to some of the mediums. . || __**Main Research Question**__ Do the advancements in communications and computing technology increase or decrease the likelihood of plagiarism and cheating in an academic setting? __**Focused Research Questions**__ What is the definition of plagiarism, why does it occur? How is technology an enabler to plagiarism? Can technology be used to stop or limit plagiarism and h ow can it be used to prevent accidental plagiarism? || Does this complacency lend itself to students plagiarizing on research papers? What can be done to educate students on the pitfalls of plagiarizing? || 1.In what ways does technology encourage plagiarism and cheating? 2.What is plagiarism? 3.What are the technology tools used to detect plagiarism? In looking for resources to research these questions we will need to choose examples that are close to the topic and stay away from the general. For example, look for sites that discuss the ease of plagiarism as well as a thorough look at the definition. In addition, explore the tools used to detect cheating and give examples of case studies where cheating and plagiarism has been discovered. || As far as the mediums, I think that creating the video and the podcast could be done. I just got a new Zoom H2 Digital recorder that I wouldn't mind working with ;-) The powerpoint would normally be a good option, however I am going to be out of town on vacation during the 4th of July for almost 2 weeks and will not have access to my home computer loaded with powerpoint. I would likely be able to load Open office Impress on my parents computer but I am not very familiar with it. If we wanted to do something with the website, I could add it to my hosted site at billlafave.com so that is an option as well. We would just need more details on what needs to be on that site. I like what Michael came up with for his questions as well. || Why has the development of new technologies resulted in an increase of plagiarism and/or cheating among the academic community ?  Focus Questions  Where does the relationship between technology plagiarism and/or cheating and fit into the classroom? What are the steps taken by academic instutions to combat between technical plagiarism and cheating? How are students protecting themselves from being an unwitting victim of technical plagiarism. The mediums I am comfortable with are: then everyone was assigned slides to create. One person did the narration. It came out really nice. I am not opposed to the mediums, I am just not able to create them, however, if someone is able to and tells me what to I will be glad to try it. ||
 * //By Wednesday//**, post the questions you developed as part of this week’s Discussion to the Research Questions page. Peruse your colleagues’ postings. Is there overlap between your ideas and those of your group members? How can you as a group combine your insights and formulate the most effective questions?
 * //By Thursday//**, each group member should post his or her suggestion for the group’s final main research question and three guiding research questions to the Research Questions page of the wiki. These suggestions should reflect a combination of what you consider to be the best ideas from all group members.
 * Video: 3–5 minutes
 * Audio podcast/narration: 3–5 minutes
 * Paper: 5–7 pages (must include charts, diagrams, or other graphical elements)
 * Narrated PowerPoint presentation: 10–15 slides
 * Website
 * Enhanced PDF document (must included embedded audio files)
 * Other media for which you receive your Instructor's approval
 * Michael || Team - here are the questions that I came up with...Michael
 * Jack || With the ease of access to information available literally at our fingertips, have we become so complacent in our attitude that “it’s out there for the taking” that we fail to properly document the source from where we borrow?
 * Elizabeth || Group B’s research will focus on the relationship between technology and plagiarism and/or cheating. To further drill down on the topic, it is recommended that the research questions be focused and narrow in scope. The following are three examples of research questions for our topic:
 * Bill || My focused research questions include:
 * 1) How can anti plagiarism software tools, which include turnitin, influence the behavior of students on cheating?
 * 2) Why do students cheat when they now face the possibility of being caught? If a cheating student learned that their degree would be forfeit, how effective would this be in deterring plagiarism?
 * 3) What kind of punishments can be levied against students who cheat and will these do anything to stem the tide of blatant and widespread cheating or plagiarism?
 * 4) What are parent’s roles in this epidemic?
 * MaryAnn || Research Question
 * Paper: 5–7 pages (must include charts, diagrams, or other graphical elements) We could all be assigned sections and then complie the work.
 * Narrated PowerPoint presentation: 10–15 slides( Except I am not able to do the narration.)The last group project I did someone created the powerpoint template,