A funny thing happened on the way to academic integrity. Plagiarism detection software (PDS), like Turnitin, has seized control of student intellectual property. While students who use Turnitin are discouraged from copying other work, the company itself can strip mine and sell student work for profit.

Source: A Guide for Resisting Edtech: the Case against Turnitin | Hybrid Pedagogy

Via: The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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