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TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy

Tara BRABAZON
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2015-07-06
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However, I investigate how alternative strategies for the development of information literacy offer concrete, productive and imaginative trajectories for university staff and students.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Plagiarism is a folk devil into which is poured many of the challenges, problems and difficulties confronting higher education.
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Key Findings & Data:This article investigates how software -Turnitin in particular- is ‘solving’ a particular ‘crisis’ in universities.
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Conclusion & Impact:However, I investigate how alternative strategies for the development of information literacy offer concrete, productive and imaginative trajectories for university staff and students.
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⚙️Variables:Plagiarism · intellectual integrity · information literacy

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Plagiarism is a folk devil into which is poured many of the challenges, problems and difficulties confronting higher education. This article investigates how software -Turnitin in particular- is ‘solving’ a particular ‘crisis’ in universities. However, I investigate how alternative strategies for the development of information literacy offer concrete, productive and imaginative trajectories for university staff and students.

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BRABAZON, T. (2015). TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 3. https://ajindex.com/articles/139908

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