TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy

Tara Brabazon

doi:10.17718/tojde.55005

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TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Plagiarism, intellectual integrity, information literacy, higher education

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Tara Brabazon This is me

Publication Date

July 6, 2015

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July 6, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 16 Number: 3

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