07-09-2014, 08:39 PM
Internet technologies deliver to students an abundance of information at the click of a button. This has created unparalleled opportunities for the improvement of learning. However, these opportunities are accompanied by potential ethical dilemmas. Internet technologies have made it all too easy for learners to copy the intellectual property of others and present it as their own work. As a result “cyber” plagiarism is on the rise. Educators must accept some of the responsibility for the increase in plagiarism because they have failed to align and restructure their assignments for the digital age. Teaching in the digital age demands that educators consider the impacts of Internet technologies when structuring assignments. The structure and requirement of assignments that can assist educators in preventing plagiarism is the focus of this paper.