Effectiveness of an E-training program for increasing awareness of plagiarism: an experimental study on the students of the Department of Information Science at Umm Al-Qura University | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2019, Pages 28-77 PDF (860.89 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2019.64147 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Mohamed ElNagar* | ||
| قسم المکتبات والمعلومات جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Abstract | ||
| current study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of an electronic training program for increasing the awareness of students of the Department of Information Science at Umm Al Qura University. The training program was designed using the Desire to Learn (D2L) Learning Management System (LMS) used at Umm Al Qura University. The training program included two training modules, namely; (plagiarism), and (citations). To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the one-group experimental approach to the students of a special Topic. The sample consisted of (25) students. The tools used for conducting the research were, the cognitive test, the practical performance observation card, and directional scale. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at (0.01) between the mean scores of the students in all three tools. The pre/post measurement of the cognitive test, as well as the practical performance observation card, and the directional scale in favor of the post measure. In addition, achieving more than 1.2 points of the effectiveness rate according to Black equation. The program also proved its effectiveness in raising awareness among the students of the Department of Information Science at Umm Al-Qura University. In conclusion, the researcher suggests a set of recommendations which may contribute to the awareness of students about plagiarism and how to avoid it | ||
| Keywords | ||
| E-training program; Plagiarism; Umm AL-Qura university | ||
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