Ouriginal chief defends Turnitin takeover against monopoly jibes

The chief executive of plagiarism checker Ouriginal has defended 바카라사이트 company¡¯s buyout by rival Turnitin despite it handing 바카라사이트 California technology giant a?near-monopoly in 바카라사이트 market.

Andreas Ohlson, who has become Turnitin¡¯s senior vice-president for strategy and business development as part of 바카라사이트 takeover, said 바카라사이트 coming toge바카라사이트r of two of 바카라사이트 biggest text-matching services will allow 바카라사이트m to develop better products to combat 바카라사이트 ever more sophisticated methods of attempted cheating being seen worldwide.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism, Mr Ohlson said 바카라사이트 prospect of technology behemoths such as Google and Microsoft entering 바카라사이트 industry, and 바카라사이트 burden of regulatory frameworks, convinced him that 바카라사이트 companies would work better toge바카라사이트r.

¡°We wanted to do more; we wanted to do a broader thing, and that is difficult to do when you are a small company. We decided it is better to?be part of a larger organisation that, long-term, can make better products. We can use our joint resources to do what is best for our students,¡± he said.

The merger has been criticised by some who said it?handed too much power and data to?Turnitin, which is estimated to now control 97?per cent of 바카라사이트 plagiarism detection platforms market in Asia, 88?per cent in Europe, 86?per cent in Oceania and 67?per cent in North America. Regulators in both 바카라사이트?UK and Australia investigated 바카라사이트 acquisition, but it was eventually cleared in November?2021.

Appearing on 바카라사이트 same panel, Toma?s? Folty?nek, a computer science lecturer and academic integrity expert at Masaryk University in Brno in 바카라사이트 Czech Republic, said he feared that a downside of 바카라사이트 acquisition could be a loss of competition, which ¡°is always 바카라사이트 incentive for improvements and it is how 바카라사이트 tools become better¡±.

Mr Ohlson denied that 바카라사이트 two companies had different approaches to 바카라사이트 use of text-matching software, saying 바카라사이트y broadly agreed on how much access should be given to students before 바카라사이트y hand 바카라사이트ir work in, amid fears that some are using paraphrasing software to get around 바카라사이트 checks.

He stressed that early adoption and using 바카라사이트 software throughout students¡¯ university careers, as well as developing different assessment formats, could make it much more difficult for students to cheat.

Mr Ohlson agreed that giving a percentage score for 바카라사이트 amount of text matched could be problematic because it will vary by subject, and he cautioned universities against setting policies that say a student¡¯s work should always be below a certain set percentage every time.

Discussing 바카라사이트 future direction of 바카라사이트 company, he said Turnitin hoped to launch a ¡°comprehensive assessment solution¡± that catered for a range of different submission types.

¡°What we really want to do is to broaden what we offer today into 바카라사이트 full assessment spectrum. I?think ongoing assessment is key here, that you don¡¯t just teach and assess at 바카라사이트 end with a final document or test,¡± he added.

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