Check out the BOOKSNEWSLETTER from IGI Global!
The Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy will be published in November, but the advance word is coming out now! Scroll down for to see the plug for our book and for the May 21 webinar on the Collaborative Integration Paradigm!
Check out this exciting new book, now available from Information Science Reference:
Student Plagiarism in an Online World
Problems and Solutions
Edited By: Tim S. Roberts, Central Queensland University, Australia
http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7031
Why is it exciting? Because because I contributed a chapter! My chapter is: Expect Originality: Using Taxonomies to Structure Assignments that Support Original Work.
In this chapter, I discuss the importance of original thinking to real learning. When learners plagiarize, they are missing the learning that occurs when they develop their own ideas. I suggest that educational taxonomies, including the Cognitive and Affective Domains of Bloom's Taxonomy, and the author's Taxonomy of Collaborative E-learning, can serve as conceptual frameworks for designing assignments that 1) expect learners to present original work; 2) provide opportunities for learners to develop new ideas through meaningful online interaction; and 3) value learners' ideas while respecting published authors' intellectual property. I propose a continuum approach to exploring the complexities of plagiarism:
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Sound interesting? You'll have to buy the book! ;-)
Here is a great resource-- an amazing collection of work!
Hands-On Knowledge Co-Creation and Sharing: Practical Methods and Techniques is online for free download. It has three sections: Share and Connect, Measure and Analyse, Plan and Improve.
For a summary of the book including chapter listings and link to download etc.:
http://www.edmitche
Or for those who just want the direct download (9MB .zip file):
http://cic.vtt.
The first call for chapters for The Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy (http://www.vision2lead.com/html/esynergy.html) formally closed April 30, 2007. We have been extremely pleased with both the quantity and quality of the submissions. Please see the list of invited authors and chapter topics: http://www.vision2lead.com/html/esynergy2.html.
Now we are requesting additional proposals targeting specified areas in order to ensure a comprehensive and balanced view of collaboration in education, business, social sector organizations and government. We are particularly interested in contributions that consider electronic collaboration within a single business, governmental or social sector organization; interdisciplinary collaboration within educational institutions or instructional practices within the classroom; collaboration across private sector or business organizations; cross-cultural skills development; and issues inherent in a digitally connected global society. If your proposal falls outside of the listed categories but within the scope of the original call for chapters and you wish to submit for consideration, we still welcome your proposal as a competitive entry in categories with a significant number of submissions.
The Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy will examine structure, organization, technology tools and leadership practices that characterize successful collaboration in and across the fields of education, public and social sectors. See the call for chapters (http://www.vision2lead.com/Call.pdf) or contact us at synergy@vision2lead.com. We are reviewing proposals as they are submitted.
I am editing this book with Lynn Wilson, Ph.D.. We will draw on our respective scholarly and practical experience with inter-organizational and intra-organizational collaborations in the fields covered in the handbook. Information Science Reference, (an imprint of IGI Publishing), has tentatively scheduled publication of print and electronic editions of the book in 2008.
