"...demonstrating respect for key moral principles that include honesty, fairness, equality, dignity, diversity and individual rights"
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Ethical use includes: attribution/acknowledgement, copyright, plagiarism
Attribution/Acknowledgement Attribution is "the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art" (thefreedictionary.com). It is a vital element of ethical web use to attribute others' work. No matter what type of web resource you use, it is important to use others' work ONLY if permission has been given for you to obtain it.
The Technology Toolbox for Educators explains that the acknowledgement of others' work is essential "when using open licensed work..." and to correctly acknowledge this work, you must "include a hyperlink back to the original source... this is the page that contains the author and license details." |
CopyrightWhen you produce your own creative piece of work, you as the author of the work, automatically, are the only one who has the right to publish and reproduce it. "Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of 'original works of authorship...'" (copyrightkids.org). In other words, copyright is the law that protects someone's original work.
If you want to use someone else's work it is important that you acknowledge where the source came from to avoid the notion of plagiarising and understand the use of referencing. The Barrie Public Library website provides helpful and useful guidelines about How to do a Bibliography correctly. |
Plagiarism
Using someone else's work without acknowledging and giving credit to them is CHEATING! This is called plagiarism. It is when you use someone else's work and submit it as your own. You could get into a lot of trouble for plagiarising. WikiHow is a great website that outlines 7 steps on How to Avoid Plagiarism:
Understand what plagiarism is
Be familiar in the area that you are talking about
Restate the subject to yourself a couple of times
Reference your quotes and sources
When in doubt, give credit
Understand some basics about copyright
Understand what doesn't need to be cited
Understand what plagiarism is
Be familiar in the area that you are talking about
Restate the subject to yourself a couple of times
Reference your quotes and sources
When in doubt, give credit
Understand some basics about copyright
Understand what doesn't need to be cited