Plagiarism by Adult Learners Online: A case study in detection and remediation

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Jocoy, Christine ^a   Dibiase, David ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Adult education; Cheating; E learning; Online; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745201420     PISSN: 14923831     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v7i1.242     Document Type: Article

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