Social Practices Of Plagiarism In Open University Students In Making Online Tutorial Task

Daulay, Pardamean and Sutini, and Khafsoh, Nur Afni (2017) Social Practices Of Plagiarism In Open University Students In Making Online Tutorial Task. In: The 31rd Annual Conference of the AAOU, 27 - 29 September 2017, Royal Ammbarrukmo Hotel Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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Abstract

This research aims to describe Open University students' perceptions of plagiarism, The factors behind the plagiarism and forms of plagiarism in Open University students in creating online tutorial tasks. This research uses a qualitative method by distributing questionnaires to 23 respondents. The result of the research finds that the general perception of Open University students about plagiarism is still limited to the technical level, that is doing the cheating in the exam. So that in doing the task of the online tutorial, they never quote information or task material from the internet without mentioning the source. There are two factors that cause Open University students to practice plagiarism, namely; (1) the development of information technology such as internet which gives ease to the students to get the materials of online tutorial task from those sources, (2) the high burden of student task, while the available time is very limited. However, the form of plagiarism by Open University students can still be categorized as a form of inadvertent plagiarism, among others; (1) take the writings of others who are acknowledged as own works, such as download papers or articles from the internet, then collected as a result of his own work, (2) take idea then change into his own language, and (3) The whole (copy paste) without changing the text or adding with any analysis or comment.

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