Plagiarism: Don't. Plagiarism as a Skill Deficiency, and Building a Better Plagiarism Tutorial

Academic integrity education is often framed in the context of plagiarism, which is typically taught to undergraduates through teaching citations. While this has generated attention and conversation on college campuses, issues of plagiarism and academic integrity have remained largely unaffected. High rates of academic integrity issues in specific demographics, such as international and transfer students, suggest that our definitions of plagiarism and academic integrity are potentially culturally bound and cannot be simply transferred through submitting to an honor code. UNC-CH's R.B. House Undergraduate Library and the Office of Student Conduct have partnered to create a plagiarism tutorial that better meets the challenges of changing information uses in education and offers a more inclusive approach to academic integrity education. This tutorial focuses on skill development and uses methods and concepts prevalent in pedagogical theory to help students develop a better understanding of the issues surrounding plagiarism.