Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential. It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential. It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

In 2014, Turnitin acquired LightSide with a mandate to help shift Turnitin’s focus from academic integrity tools to those that emphasize student writing. It deemphasizes the role of essay writing and communication—the stuff that in fact is probably more valuable for the majority of students. In 2013, he left the Ph.D.

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Achievement Writing Essay Language 165

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

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. Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. It’s a problem that doesn’t seem to be going away.

Plagiarism 166

Plagiarism Teachers Writing Assignments 166

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. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

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. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

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. Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies?

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

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. Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies?

Plagiarism 110

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the essay has been declared dead as an effective way to measure learning. After all, students can now enter any assigned question into an AI chatbot and get a perfectly formatted, five-paragraph essay back ready to turn in (well, after a little massaging to take out any AI “hallucinations”).

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Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

Implementation ideas Curriculum design: Instead of generic prompts like “create a lesson plan on photosynthesis,” a high-impact prompt would be: “Design a 40-minute 6th grade lesson plan on photosynthesis, including a hands-on activity, vocabulary support for ELL students, and one formative assessment question.”

Ethics 224

Ethics Teachers Essay Feedback 224