Peter Levin has written several study skills books for students but also provides an online book to help them avoid accusations of plagiarism.  Although this book is aimed at students, and is quite critical of much UK HE practice in this area, it provides food for thought for those who wish to support students in being good scholars and avoiding accusations of plagiarism.

Through the LDHEN list server, I received news of this rich writing resource from Monash University.  I have only just begun to explore it but have found that it could have lots of uses:

• for me in thinking about how I word essays and assignments - see
  • What makes a good essay
  • What makes a good review
• for students - in seeing different examples of student approaches to writing assignments, taking them through the whole process, for example
  • Look at the lecturer’s expectations of the assignment.
  • Next read Amy’s assignment.
    • How well do you think the assignment responds to the topic?
    • Do you think the assignment could be improved in any way?
  • Now read the lecturer’s comments about Amy’s assignment.
  • Finally, listen to Amy talk about how she wrote her assignment and read feedback about how to overcome the difficulties she faced

There are examples of writing in many different subject areas, many  relevant to FBLBE

• Art & Design
• Arts
• Business and Economics
• Education
• Engineering
• Information Technology
• Law
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Science

This resource must have had substantial investment in gathering the content and creating the content, and we can use it in student activities and resources for writing.  However, we can also create simpler similar examples, more closely tied to our own curricula.  Once we have sorted out the issue of student permissions, we can create simple web sites using Wimba Create.  Emma Coleman (SBS GTA) and I set up such a resource to guide students through writing a literature review.  Do contact me if you want to talk more about this.