Good academic practice

• Good academic practice


  Using information found on the web in assignments, but quoting and acknowledging sources correctly
• Quoting third-party material


  1. Use sparingly

  2. Rewrite most of the material in your own words

  3. Give reference to the source
• Copying and pasting large chunks of text without giving a reference is very bad academic practice
• Not acknowledging the help that someone else's work has given you is regarded as plagiarism and is never acceptable
• TM111 module


  • Teaches the correct way to use the work of others
  • Encourages collaboration with other students to create and share information
  • Encourages discussion in tutor group forum
• Giving references to the contributions of other students when including them in your own work is important to avoid plagiarism
• The Open University uses detection software that is very good at spotting plagiarism in assignments
• The boundary between collaboration and plagiarism is sometimes not clear, so students should ask their tutor for help
• The OU Library's website provides a guide on how to reference sources of information correctly, including those found online