Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

I recently attended a student panel on use of AI in college classes. Even, or especially, in an AI age, we know our students need to think critically and learn authentically to be productive and engaged citizens and future employees. We can teach students to critically analyze AI-assisted work and promote authentic learning as we do.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

In summary Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever. It has been more than two years since the release of ChatGPT created widespread dismay over generative AI’s threat to academic integrity.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on how to manage academic integrity as generative AI moves into classrooms originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. The best way to manage assignments and ethical use is to set expectations and put them front and center in the assignments themselves.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI encourages cheating A common fear is that students will use AI to bypass learning. 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. Preparing students for the future AI isn’t going away.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What’s more, educators indicate a disparity when it comes to the likelihood of using Generative AI in the classroom, with district and school leaders perceived as less likely to embrace new AI tools when compared to educators and students. “Generative AI is a blend of promise and prudence.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Educators and institutions are grappling with how best to integrate these tools into the learning environment while balancing innovation with ethical considerations, assessment concerns, and instructor comfort. Below is a taxonomy of generative AI for educators to consider.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Fast forward to today, and we have GPT-4, a sophisticated AI model used by more than a million students worldwide. Students across academic disciplines are already harnessing the capabilities of GPT-4. As the author of this article and a continuing student in the educational field, ChatGPT-4 has been invaluable in my Ph.D.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents of student cheating with AI. Thats the argument of Tricia Bertram Gallant, a longtime expert in academic integrity who is director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.

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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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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. In this posthuman turn, the potential of theft goes beyond human students stealing from human others.

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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. In this posthuman turn, the potential of theft goes beyond human students stealing from human others.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As trusted mentors and professional development leaders, they guide teachers in implementing AI tools thoughtfully, ensuring that technology enhances student learning while aligning with pedagogical best practices. They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 203

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

As a doctoral student at the University of California at Los Angeles, I was among those who got a recent campus-wide email with an urgent directive: Don’t use AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Bard or Bing, as doing so “is equivalent to receiving assistance from another person.” Upon reading it, I took a pause. Well, that virtual Aristotle is here.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2023

But one national event for teachers this month had a very unusual trait: It was started and organized by students. The students worked with no external funding, though Zoom donated use of its platform. The students worked with no external funding, though Zoom donated use of its platform. And educators showed up in force.

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Ethics Essay Teachers Academic Integrity 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT became publicly available in November 2022, the field of higher education has been focusing on its impact and applications — faculty want to understand how this will shape their work and the student experience. Much of the discourse about generative AI in higher ed has focused on issues of academic integrity.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

(CHICAGO) – PowerNotes , a provider of tools that help students and professionals create high-quality research quickly and efficiently, has added Composer, an advanced, web-based word processor, to its PowerNotes+ platform. We do understand, however, that educators and companies have legitimate concerns about the ethical use of AI tools.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

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Education Academic Integrity Plagiarism Students 135

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. Guilty or innocent, no student wants to be accused of cheating. For faculty, the interviewee would be the student. No one wants this meeting.

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Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

By fostering self-awareness and self-regulation, metacognitive strategies empower students to monitor their learning processes, set achievable goals, and adapt their approaches to overcome linguistic and academic challenges. This critical engagement demonstrates how metacognition and AI together help students refine complex ideas.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. Guilty or innocent, no student wants to be accused of cheating. For faculty, the interviewee would be the student. No one wants this meeting.

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Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

Education 111

Education Academic Integrity Plagiarism Students 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. Students were already using it as a tool, so I opened my mind to understanding what purpose AI served in the higher education classroom.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice?

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education. Spitale et al.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 90

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. Is it time to admit the unease we feel at ethically teaching technology we ourselves do not use or fully understand?

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Plagiarism Ethics Learning Writing 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education. Spitale et al.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 84

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. Is it time to admit the unease we feel at ethically teaching technology we ourselves do not use or fully understand?

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Learning Writing 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Another big theme that emerged was a spike in student disengagement. It’s worth a listen if you missed it, with scenes from a visit to a state university where I sat in on several classes to talk to professors and students firsthand about the issue. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.)

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. Students were already using it as a tool, so I opened my mind to understanding what purpose AI served in the higher education classroom.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

As educators, let’s (re)imagine ways that AI can support rich learning experiences where we consider ways to prepare students as we look forward to the future. Using AI to create tailored learning In a not-too-distant-past, math teachers complained that calculators would make students worse at basic arithmetic.

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Plagiarism Ethics Intelligence Education 134

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Even so, students spend much of their time in an environment where authorship is not held in high regard. In surveys of more than 70,000 high school students by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 58% admitted to plagiarism. Herein lie the many risks it brings about, both for students and society as a whole.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

While students have, for decades, had the opportunity to hire a human writer to complete essay assignments, online AI software services can write essays instantly at prices that range from free to about $50 per month. This suggests that while the first student who uses AI might go undetected, a second student will not be so lucky.

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