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Research Ethics and Plagiarism

By Dr. Gaurav Singh   |   Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh
Learners enrolled: 1511

"Research Ethics and Plagiarism" are among the key areas under discussion and consideration at various levels. Many students of PG programmes. Research scholars and faculty members of higher education Institutions face problem to resolve the issues related to plagiarism. In 2018, UGC has also notified its norms for plagiarism checking and promoting ethical practices in research and publications. In these norms, Universities/institutions are asked to organize programmes and make these issues as part of their research curriculum. Keeping in mind the vast scope of the area and opportunities for young researchers to learn about research ethics, plagiarism, citation, etc. this online course entitled "Research Ethics and Plagiarism" is being offered. 

Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Not Applicable
Language for course content : English
Duration : 8 weeks
Category :
  • Multidisciplinary
Credit Points : 2
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 01 Jan 2024
End Date : 30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends : 29 Feb 2024
Exam Date : 26 May 2024 IST
Exam Shift :

Shift-I

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

WEEK

TOPIC

Week-1

Module 1: Research Ethics and Scientific Conduct

Week-2

Module 2: Understanding Plagiarism

Week-3

Module 3: Types of Plagiarism

Week-4

Module 4: Plagiarism Detection Software

Week-5

Module 5: Publication Misconduct and Publication

Ethics

Week-6

Module 6: Ways to avoid Plagiarism

Week-7

Module 7: Regulations on Plagiarism in India

Week-8

Course End Activity and Submission

Instructor bio

Dr. Gaurav Singh

Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh

Dr.Gaurav Singh is working as a Professor at School of Education, Central University of Haryana. Previously, he has contributed at IGNOU as the coordinator the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Programme. He was the Channel Coordinator of SWAYAMPRABHA Channel:32 Teacher Education (A Ministry of Education, Govt. of India Project) July 2016-June 2020, and of Channel 20: SOUs and Teacher Education under SWAYAMPRABHA till September 05, 2022. Dr.Gaurav Singh has done M.Sc. in Chemistry, M.Ed. (Gold Medallist), UGC-NET (Education) and Ph. D. in Teacher Education and also completed PGDDE (Gold Medal). He started his career as teacher educator in 2003 in a conventional teacher education Institute and worked with School of Education, IGNOU from November 2011 to September 04, 2022. His 31 (Thirty-One) research papers/ articles have been published so far in various National and International Journals/books. He has also contributed more than 40 chapters/units to ODL Study Material. He has recorded/developed 125 modules/lectures for MOOCs till date and coordinated the development of nearly 1200 lectures for SWAYAM and SWAYAMPRABHA. He has authored one book on Teacher Education and guided one Ph.D. on E-learning. Dr. Singh has participated in various International and National Seminars in India as well as abroad. He has also completed one NIOS funded Research Project as Co-Researcher on Educational Status of Purvi Uttar Pradesh. He is offering four MOOCs on SWAYAM and on other platforms. Nearly 45000 learners have benefited from these courses so far. His SWAYAM course on Research Ethics and Plagiarism has been adopted by nearly forty universities in their Ph.D. Course work curriculum, and under top ten SWAYAM courses of all time, as per the learners rating on class central. Dr.Gaurav Singh is the recipient of Commonwealth of Learning-AAOU Fellowship-2018 by COL, Vancouver, Canada. He has been conferred silver medal of Best Practices by Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), 2018 at Hanoi, Vietnam and is recipient of Distinguished Distance Educator Award by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida. He has also got travel assistance to attend Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF-10) from COL at Athabaska University Calgary, Canada in 2022. His SWAYAM course on Learning and Teaching has been awarded as the Best SWAYAM course in 2021. Dr. Gaurav Singh is continuously engaged in delivering lectures/talks and organizing training workshops as MOOC trainer at various universities, TLCs, HRDCs and teacher education Institutions. He has been part of various academic bodies, curriculum committees of several Institutions and Universities. His areas of interests are Research Methodology, ICTs in Education/ODL and Teacher Education.


Course certificate

The learners, who require a credit certificate for credit transfer as per UGC guidelines, will require to appear in the term-end examination to be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). The credit certificate will be issued for a two (02) credit course, in which 30% weightage will be of continuous assessment (i.e.,  quizzes, activities, discussion forums and terminal assignment) and 70% weightage will be of final term-end examination to be conduced by NTA. 
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