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Why Students Plagiarize
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Why Do Students Plagiarize? Accidental or Deliberate?

Why Do Students Plagiarize? Accidental or Deliberate?  Students plagiarize for a range of academic, emotional, and practical reasons. While plagiarism ultimately falls into accidental or deliberate categories, the underlying motivations are often more nuanced.…
Online Teaching
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Developing an Ideal Online Learning Environment

With preparation, online teaching can be as effective as traditional methods. Some of the difficulties teachers experience are the inability to complete assignments due to technological issues, the lack of…
Online Classroom
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Avoiding Plagiarism in Online Learning

One of the most disheartening scenarios as a teacher takes place when you discover that a student plagiarized. The repercussions from reporting the student’s academic dishonesty, and the potentially stained…
New Graduate TAs
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Tips for New Graduate TAs

Teaching undergraduate students is one of the most exciting and important things we do as academics—and also potentially the most nerve-wracking. Here are six great tips for new Graduate TAs…
Becoming a Better English Teacher
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Becoming a Better English Teacher

Can we all just take a moment and remember dear, old  Ms. Monotonous and the cranky, grump Mr. Stale? You probably know them, had them, or heard about them. They…
Cryptomnesia
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Does Cryptomnesia Excuse Plagiarism?

Recently, I heard a bizarre story highlighting how far some students have gone to pass off someone else’s work as their own. A high school English teacher had approached a…