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Plagiarism

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
"there were accusations of plagiarism"

Unintentional plagiarism is plagiarism that results from the disregard for proper scholarly procedures. Failure to cite a source that is not common knowledge.

Mosaic plagiarism occurs when a student borrows phrases from a source without using quotation marks, or finds synonyms for the author's language while keeping to the same general language structure and meaning as found in the original.

Digital Citizenship

Definition: The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.

Examples of Digital Citizenship: Communicating with respect, respecting other’s privacy, seeing things from another perspective, adding helpful information/context to a discussion or wiki page, supporting others by offering useful feedback, encouraging them, or sharing work they’re proud of, etc.

Mobile Education

Education or training conducted by means of portable computing devices such as smartphones or tablet computers.

Instructors ask questions and the learners answer them using their mobile devices, or communicate between themselves in a group discussion forum. It's possible to get immediate feedback.

Advantages

Motivation

Long Distance is Easier

Whenever and Wherever

Disadvantages

Distractions

Lack of Internet

Acceptable Use Policy

An acceptable use policy (AUP) is a document stipulating constraints and practices that a user must agree to for access to a corporate network or the Internet.

Many businesses and educational facilities require that employees or students sign an acceptable use policy before being granted a network ID.