Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? In the fast-changing digital world, integrating AI into education is both a breakthrough and a problem.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Serhii Tkachecnko, CEO at Unicheck, shares his thoughts on how educators can teach students about the benefits of plagiarism checking. But when it comes to plagiarism checking, most students feel hostile. Instead of being intimidated by plagiarism checking, why not educate students on its benefits?

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Plagiarism Academic Integrity Students Assignments 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. This is especially important when screening for plagiarism. But time isn’t the only challenge.

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Plagiarism Teachers Writing Assignments 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

According to a new study from Academic Help , 67 percent of students use AI for creating texts – the basis for their essays and other papers. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors.

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Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. We repost so much so frequently that some platforms, such as Facebook, have been compelled to develop their own citation rules to combat plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Essay Internet Assignments 123

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Mayo is director of Academic Integrity at Quinnipiac University. Will technology induce cheating?

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Mayo is director of Academic Integrity at Quinnipiac University. Will technology induce cheating?

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

And as someone who is also a former journalist and editor for EdSurge, I recognize that we should never plagiarize, and that artificially-intelligent chatbots are very, very capable of responding to prompts like “Write me a 500-word essay on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.” Ultimately, the underlying approach is not new.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics. Coaches worry that AI makes it easier for students to plagiarize or rely on generated answers without truly understanding concepts which can negatively impact academic integrity.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 204

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Academic integrity watchdogs also point out that a dismissal of cheating charges does not mean no misconduct occurred, only that it wasn’t proven. Still, argued the vice president of artificial intelligence Eric Wang, detection wasn’t going to be a problem. And the promised accuracy set it apart from previous detectors.

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Plagiarism Academic Integrity Intelligence Instructors 121

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

We encourage our customers to use the work we provide as a guide,” says Avery Morgan, a spokesperson for EduBirdie, which advertises itself as a “professional essay writing service.” And no plagiarism!” Education is a privilege and personal growth comes from learning through experience.” But, luckily, I found Edubirdie.com.

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Essay Writing Students Academic Integrity 166

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. Another plagiarism-detection company, Unicheck, also offers a product that it says can help colleges address contract cheating.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 156

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.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 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 Syllabus 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The tool can even generate a time-lapse video of all the typing that went into the document that the teacher can see, giving a rich behind-the-scenes view of how the essay was written. She argues that leaving it up to students whether they activate a process-tracking tool may not do much to protect academic integrity.

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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. Maybe in a “post plagiarism” world as described by theorists like Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, we should ask more of these difficult questions.

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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. Maybe in a “post plagiarism” world as described by theorists like Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, we should ask more of these difficult questions.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

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.”

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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. 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.”

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

After trying it out on some essay prompts he’d been assigned, though, he noticed some problems. It seemed to take out some of the thankless legwork (or, some professors might argue, the work) from essay writing, only requiring a little pre-work and a touch of editing: “You can at least write papers 30 percent quicker,” he says.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Students 211