| IJALIS |
International
Journal of Academic Library and Information Science |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science Vol. 6(4), pp. 101–113, June, 2018. ISSN: 2360-7858 DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2018.032
Full Length Research
Awareness, Perception and Attitude towards Plagiarism by Distance Learners in University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Olawale Oyewole1, Afeez Akinkunmi Rasheed2 and Solomon Tosin Ogunsina3
1Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan: email of corresponding author: oyewolebaba01@yahoo.com 2Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan: 3Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan: email-sologut2002@yahoo.com
Accepted 17 June 2018
The issue of plagiarism by students in higher institutions all over the world continues to be a source of concern to stakeholders. Distance learners could be exposed to plagiarism as they might not have the on-campus academic guidance necessary to avoid plagiarism. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the focus of plagiarism studies in Nigeria has been on undergraduate and postgraduate students in the regular mode of learning. There seems to be a dearth of literature on the issues associated with plagiarism from the distance learners’ point of view. This study examines the awareness, perception and attitude towards plagiarism by distance learning students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research method was adopted and the study population consisted of 1762 distance learners in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The two-stage random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 226 and the data collection instrument was the questionnaire. Findings revealed that most of the respondents had a high level of awareness of the various acts that constitute plagiarism (mean=26.53). Majority of the distance learners (89.6%) had a negative perception of plagiarism as they viewed it as a crime. Results also showed that a significant number of the distance learners had a negative attitude towards plagiarism as 90.1% indicated that they will ensure that they duly acknowledge their sources of information. Part of the recommendations was that the management of the distance learning and the university should develop a plagiarism policy that will be given to all the students.
Keywords: Awareness, perception, attitude, plagiarism, distance learners, Nigeria
Cite This Article As: Oyewole O, Rasheed AA, Ogunsina ST (2018). Awareness, Perception and Attitude towards Plagiarism by Distance Learners in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 6(4): 101-113
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
