Plagiarism

Problem
Solution
Therefore student work should be...
Inadvertent plagiarism Publish and review a statement on plagiarism Well explained
Easy copy-and-paste of data View data as building blocks, not buildings Constructive
Easy copy-and-paste of analyses Demand citation (and double-check work) Authoritative
Easy modification of other people's work Examine successive stages of work (parallel to requiring keeping lab notes) Accomplished within a community

... which has always been the ideal for student work within the tutorial, workshop, and big laboratory models of education.

The easy data acquisition of networked computing impels us to appreciate building and depreciate foraging.