{"id":4920,"date":"2025-09-17T11:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/?page_id=4920"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:51:49","slug":"ai-and-plagiarism-issues-and-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/skills-support\/training-catalogue\/ai-and-plagiarism-issues-and-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and Plagiarism: Issues and Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section section pb-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-page-intro\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex flex-wrap -mx-16\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex-1 mb-48 px-16\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"ai-and-plagiarism-issues-and-best-practices\"\n    >\nAI and Plagiarism: Issues and Best Practices<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing and avoiding plagiarism is an essential part of being a university student. Plagiarism not only breaks academic rules but also undermines the purpose of higher education: developing your own knowledge, skills, and ideas. By learning how to properly acknowledge sources and responsibly use AI tools, you will strengthen your academic integrity, build confidence in your writing, and prepare for professional and scholarly success.<br><br>This course introduces the concept of plagiarism, why it matters, and how it can be avoided in academic work. We will explore different forms of plagiarism\u2014such as copy-and-paste writing, self-plagiarism, and plagiarism involving artificial intelligence (AI)\u2014and discuss their consequences. Special attention will be given to AI tools, which can both create risks of plagiarism and provide new ways of detecting and studying it. 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And understand how AI-generated content can inadvertently lead to plagiarism or academic misconduct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Apply best practices for ethical use of AI Tools: Learn how to properly acknowledge the use of AI tools where required and develop critical thinking skills to review and validate AI-generated content before using it academically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quick-link-highlight quick-link-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-quick-link-highlight-item\">\n    <a\n                    href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/llc-en\/skills-support\/training-catalogue\/\"\n                    class=\"quick-link\"\n            target=\"\"\n    >\n            <span class=\"quick-link__container\">\n                <span class=\"quick-link__body\">\n                    <span class=\"quick-link__number\">\n                                            <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"quick-link__title\">\n                        Catalogue of academic skills trainings                    <\/span>\n                    <span class=\"quick-link__action\">\n                        Boost your skills                    <\/span>\n                <\/span>\n                <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>            <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any questions ? 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