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In the survey course that I teach, I offer my students extra credit by responding to questions I post online about things we've talked about in class or which are in the text. I have noticed that some of the responses are a bit too “refined” for informal online discussion, and a search has revealed copying or pasting, or taking from places such as Wikipedia. I keep thinking back to when Scout mentioned how he modified that Wikipedia article on Charlemagne to state that he was a black man. It has crossed my mind that I could modify some Wikipedia entry to say something false, yet believable, and then pose a question to my students who will inevitably use the entry as their source. I could then see how many people fall for it. Funny joke, eh? It would, of course, be a great lesson to them about the clear dangers of using Wikipedia for such information. Ok, ok, so I don't think I would do this, but it's kind of tempting. ;D
Ok, ok, so I don't think I would do this, but it's kind of tempting. ;D
Come on, please?I'd love to see the reactions. Besides, they might actually learn something!
I think you should do it too. I bet the students who get caught won't be plagiarizing much after that.
I too, fall into the camp of thinking you should do this. If nothing else, it should teach some students a lesson about intellectual rigor vs. laziness. I also think you should publicly embarrass those that do it, but then again, I am old-school like that. I firmly believe that embarrassment is an excellent learning experience.
