[Magdalen] Computer Question.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

David Strang> I read sometime back about what schools like Harvard have been 
doing
> to catch wholesale plagiarism   It must be a difficult time for  schools
> and instructors, especially of courses requiring some sort of essay.

These days there are commercial (and maybe free) programs that 'read' the 
text of the submitted paper.  The school I was at had only some  professors 
who were computer literate enough to do a more complex self-driven check, 
but the several professors who ruthlessly pursued it could look at a 
student's paper, pick out a few sentences that screamed: *this was 
definitely not written by this student*, plug them into Google and voila! 
the original source.

Lynn

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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:59 PM
To: <Cantor03 at aol.com>; "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" 
<magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Computer Question.

> I've often thought I'd love to go back to university and do another
> bachelor's degree, but with the tools available now that were only
> just over the horizon when I was in school. I remember a course in
> education from a prof who had a good knowledge of what was being
> developed, and he basically outlined for us (in 1980 or so) the
> possibilities of a global network of computers, hyperlinking, and a
> Gopher-like (remember Gopher?) menu-driven system for looking up
> anything.
>
> My mind is blown when I think about my fields of music education and
> German back then and how I could work on those now if I were in
> school: using my iPad to record lectures while I take notes; being
> able to download lecture videos from professors' web pages and rewatch
> them; not to mention communicating and submitting work electronically.
>
> Back then, we were just salivating about some newfangled
> word-processing gizmos that LET YOU SAVE STUFF AND REVISE IT before
> printing it out to turn in. Wowzers! No more having to do my trick of
> typing the final paper on the sort of erasable onionskin from which
> one could practically wipe ink with one's finger (I cringe as I wonder
> how those papers looked after being slid around in a stack on the
> prof's desk).
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/29/2014 11:59:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> ichthys89 at comcast.net writes:
>>
>> We often  had issues with some students creating amazing 'stories' about
>> late
>> papers, plagerization etc...>>>>
>>
>> I look on with amazement at the computer age at the college (and  perhaps
>> at the high school) levels.  I am happy I am not having to compete in 
>> this
>> day and age.  Is it the best student that excels, or is it the student
>> with the
>> best computer skills?
>>
>> I read sometime back about what schools like Harvard have been doing
>> to catch wholesale plagiarism   It must be a difficult time for  schools
>> and instructors, especially of courses requiring some sort of essay.
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA