TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy | Brabazon | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
TURNITIN? TURNITOFF: The Deskilling of Information Literacy

 

Plagiarism is a folk devil into which is poured many of the challenges, problems and difficulties confronting higher education. This article investigates how software -Turnitin in particular- is ‘solving’ a particular ‘crisis’ in universities. However, I investigate how alternative strategies for the development of information literacy offer concrete, productive and imaginative trajectories for university staff and students.