Advancing Learning 2018

Recent experience with plagiarism detection services have shown a diminished capacity for finding all sources of cheating. In part, this is due to a number of  "defeat" strategies which are used to render low, often 0%, similiarity ratings. Detection is avoided by paying for a cloaking site to mask the copied material.

Since a significant source of copying of essays appears to be motivated by laziness, keeping a database of past assignments can help pinpoint the source of newly copied material. Over the last two years, I have developed some software which catalogues previous terms assignments. Key information from each paper is collected into a searchable index. Several different matching methods have been tested in order to find material which has been misappropriated from earlier work. This method has resulting in a significant increase in the detection of plagiarism and academic offences. The technology is ever evolving, and the presentation will focus on the types of comparisons, including which methods tend to reveal the most instances of academic offences.
The presentation will be interactive and participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences in tracking down plagiarism. The presentation requires no previous knowledge of plagiarism detection methods.

How can you achieve the greatest benefits from adding videos to your digital learning resources? Educators across the world are finding that a well-crafted video can be a powerful learning tool. In this session, you'll review the basic principles of universal design for learning, with special focus on how those principles can be applied to videos for lecture, demonstration, student feedback, projects and assignments. Learn from the experiences of professors in two very different fields, including the challenges they encountered and the surprising ways their students responded. Gain tips and tricks for setting reasonable expectations, generating ideas, finding resources and personalizing content.

This session is for anyone interested in adding video to their course resources. It will be of most benefit to beginners or those experiencing challenges in using online video as a teaching tool.