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Ellen Heeley and Claire Rostron are both OU academics, tutors and academic conduct officers in the STEM faculty. They will discuss why it’s important to write in your own words to show your own u...nderstanding when completing your OU assignments. They’ve spent a lot of time working on possible plagiarism cases on STEM modules, investigating how the cases have arisen, and trying to work with the students involved to ensure they can work with academic integrity as they move forward in their studies. Very often there is a good deal of misunderstanding on the part of students of what markers want to see in assignments, and what constitutes good academic practice. So, the session will clarify this and give some tips on how to approach writing in your own words at all stages of assignment preparation. This includes the note taking stage, as well as the final writing stage. This session is also used in (re)Fresher's and Orientation [2018].
Ellen Heeley and Claire Rostron are both OU academics, tutors and academic conduct officers in the STEM faculty. They will discuss why it’s important to write in your own words to show your own u...nderstanding when completing your OU assignments. They’ve spent a lot of time working on possible plagiarism cases on STEM modules, investigating how the cases have arisen, and trying to work with the students involved to ensure they can work with academic integrity as they move forward in their studies. Very often there is a good deal of misunderstanding on the part of students of what markers want to see in assignments, and what constitutes good academic practice. So, the session will clarify this and give some tips on how to approach writing in your own words at all stages of assignment preparation. This includes the note taking stage, as well as the final writing stage. This session is also used in (re)Fresher's and Orientation [2018].
| Series: | Improve your study skills and academic practice; Series 2018 |
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| Episode | 9 |
| Recording date: | 22-01-2018 |
| Published: | 2018 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:29:16 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Ellen Heeley; Claire Rostron |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/importance-writing-your-own-words?event=Improve%20your%20study%20skills%20and%20academic%20practice%20%2822nd%20January%29 |
| Production number: | SHL00270 |
| Available to public: | yes |
