Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. 2023, August 9).

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Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. 2023, August 9).

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Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

But Mayfield’s true passion is language—particularly writing. He also spent time consulting for high profile companies like CTB McGraw-Hill and College Board, which wanted to learn more about student writing. One thing that I’m working very hard to change is the baseline premise that writing is a high-stakes thing.

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Achievement Writing Essay Languages 164

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, students can use AI for initial brainstorming or as a tool to refine their writing, requiring them to demonstrate understanding by reflecting on or critiquing AI-generated content. Enhancing accessibility AI tools can make learning more inclusive. These discussions align with media literacy and digital citizenship goals.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 327

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The most-cited applications included providing feedback on student work, creating professional development materials, supporting writing and content generation, creating course content, and enhancing accessibility for students with special needs. Schools should ensure all students have equal access to AI tools.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 208

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

Maintaining academic integrity is important, but eradicating cheating is near impossible with how quickly technology moves, said Tricia Bertram Gallant, academic integrity director at the University of California, San Diego, and board emeritus at the International Center for Academic Integrity.

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Exams Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments 218

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

To make AI training more accessible, the AI for Educators course is built for teachers across disciplines and provides hands-on practice to gain experience that can be applied through a number of generative AI tools.

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Teachers High School High School Academic Integrity 291

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Copyleaks can now be accessed by thousands of K-12 schools and universities around the world that are part of the ever-expanding Canvas community. Through its artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, Copyleaks is able to understand and learn more about the text that students are writing throughout the school year.

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Plagiarism Intelligence Essay Academic Integrity 206

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Much of the discourse about generative AI in higher ed has focused on issues of academic integrity. Our researchers aim to ascertain what students and faculty know about the technology, how often they use it and for what purposes, and how they view its usefulness or appropriateness in various academic contexts.

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Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 206

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

I’m a former educator in the process of writing my dissertation for my Doctorate of Education, as part of a part-time program while working a full-time job at Google. Many university campuses host “writing centers” where students can book time to get editing help on their written assignments. Upon reading it, I took a pause.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Can process tracking turn out to be the answer to checking student work for authenticity?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To Derek Newton, a journalist who writes a newsletter about academic integrity , the policy seems like an effort by OpenAI to dodge concerns that many students use ChatGPT to cheat on assignments. “It It seems like their only reference to academic integrity is buried under a parental consent clause,” he told EdSurge.

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Academic Integrity Assignments Essay Schools 184

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By making the creative process more explicit and accessible, AI empowers students to overcome obstacles and express their unique perspectives. It won’t necessarily have those pedagogical pieces baked in or the accessibility and other edtech integrations that you need. AI can support any part of the creative process.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Intelligence Skills 202

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments. They can’t say after-the-fact ‘Oh, well, I didn’t know that was an academic integrity violation.’”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And if that homework involves writing assignments, the hours add up fast. According to the International Center for Academic Integrity, 58% of more than 70,000 students surveyed say they have plagiarized someone else’s ideas in their writing. Get free access to PlagiarismCheck.org for the month of October.

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Plagiarism Teachers Writing Assignments 166

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023).

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023).

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2025

This moment demands more than efficiency gains and academic integrity policies; it requires rethinking our educational model. Equity/Fairness How can we ensure that those who are furthest from opportunity benefit as much as those with more access, power and privilege? We have to push ourselves to do better, not just work faster.

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Education Academic Integrity Learning Fairness 136

k12 Digest

APRIL 15, 2025

This ensures that both teachers and students can confidently navigate AI integration while maintaining academic integrity. Capturing the power of AI will allow schools to enhance access to educational resources and support previously impossible to attain.

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Intelligence Learning Failure Academic Integrity 212

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Educators at both schools and colleges were already struggling to keep up with ChatGPT and other AI tools during this academic year, but a fresh round of announcements last month by major AI companies may require even greater adjustments by educators to preserve academic integrity and to accurately assess student learning, teaching experts say.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

For instance, custom paper-writing services offer students work tailored exactly to what the professor has assigned. Are you seeing these term-paper writing services getting more aggressive these days? Now they … say basically, "You don't have time to write your paper, we're here for you. Don't worry about it." So that shifted.

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Academic Integrity Culture Plagiarism Writing 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2023

To Chang’s point, plenty of professors remain concerned about the potential impacts of ChatGPT on academic integrity, even if they’re open to adopting the tools to improve teaching. Having access to these tools is going to be very essential.” It’s like a digital parrot,” he said in the talk. “A

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Ethics Essay Teachers Academic Integrity 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Australia is paying a lot more attention to this than any other country in the world,” says Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California at San Diego. In some cases those investigations led to legal action against companies offering paper-writing services, says Lelo.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 151

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? And if those of us asking vital questions about access/cost, academic integrity, and a potential loss of linguistic diversity can be heard without accusations of knee-jerk paranoia.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? And if those of us asking vital questions about access/cost, academic integrity, and a potential loss of linguistic diversity can be heard without accusations of knee-jerk paranoia.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. Most importantly, the one thing that academics cannot afford to do is ignore what’s happening.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. Most importantly, the one thing that academics cannot afford to do is ignore what’s happening.

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 97

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) refers to the framework that focuses on reducing barriers and increasing access to learning (CAST, 2018).

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) refers to the framework that focuses on reducing barriers and increasing access to learning (CAST, 2018).

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 7, 2016

One of my favorite classroom management tools is Turnitin, especially with the addition of Revision Assistant –one of the most comprehensive virtual writing assistants available to students (here’s my review of Revision Assistant ). Accessibility improvements. Well, now Turnitin has launched Feedback Studio.

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Feedback Academic Integrity Intelligence Writing 78

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. Benefits: Accessibility and Faculty Efficiency AI enhances accessibility, a cornerstone of community college missions. Spitale et al.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

k12 Digest

APRIL 15, 2025

This ensures that both teachers and students can confidently navigate AI integration while maintaining academic integrity. Capturing the power of AI will allow schools to enhance access to educational resources and support previously impossible to attain.

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Intelligence Learning Failure Academic Integrity 130

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

From working professionals to teenagers, people around the world expressed fervor that ChatGPT could also save time for writing tasks. Only affluent universities and technology companies had access to experiment with what AI could mean in the future. We must move forward with prudence. This is an important skill!

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Plagiarism Ethics Intelligence Education 134

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. Benefits: Accessibility and Faculty Efficiency AI enhances accessibility, a cornerstone of community college missions. Spitale et al.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. The OUR Reading curriculum offers comprehensive, proven reading and writing core programs while incorporating strong, clear protocols to support excellent classroom instruction.

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Math Textbooks Curriculum Reading 87

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. A quick-guide on how to respond to microaggressions. Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122