Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The pandemic has dramatically altered teaching and learning, and one side effect seems to be a rise in cheating on quizzes and tests, aided by websites designed to help students study. All of a sudden,” she says, “there was temptation and opportunity that never existed for them before during exams.” Gallant’s group has some advice. “If

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

What solidified my passion for education were the “ah-ha” moments, or those moments when at first a student struggled, and then, after teaching them in a way they could relate to, seeing their eyes light up from the excitement of learning. How often and when will students take exams? What is your grading policy?

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

Instead, it will focus on its longer-standing approach of having human proctors watch exams via webcam in real time. “We For many students, he says, distractions at home from living with siblings or in multigenerational households make it difficult to find a quiet place without interruption to take an exam.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Empathy seems to be a theme at this Educause,” said Ken Graetz, director of teaching, learning and technology services at Winona State University. Attending sessions and walking the exhibit hall, it felt like the focus was on the city’s founding value: brotherly love.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The most controversial new tech tool for colleges since the start of the pandemic is automated proctoring, which aims to detect cheating on online exams by using algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—often sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

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. But whether they teach in-person or online, faculty can take steps to safeguard their courses against academic dishonesty.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

In my setting, most teachers I work with grapple with the challenge of engaging their students in their learning; thus, they work hard on providing students with incentives and support to stay on tasks, contribute to their groups, and complete their assigned work. The class average was an impressive A.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

In my setting, most teachers I work with grapple with the challenge of engaging their students in their learning; thus, they work hard on providing students with incentives and support to stay on tasks, contribute to their groups, and complete their assigned work. The class average was an impressive A.

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Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 89

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity. Building Community Most college courses these days offer official online forums where students in a class can chat, often through learning management systems. Some professors welcome these channels as a way for students to blow off steam.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The rise of ChatGPT, Google Bard, New Bing, and others in the academic space, however, is skyrocketing. As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. I embraced this a novel learning process.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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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? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

At about the same time, though, Rutgers officials sent out an email to all faculty at the university, warning about Course Hero and another service, Chegg, where students were posting faculty tests and exams without permission. “We One of the other giants of the study-aid world, Chegg, has also come under criticism by professors.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. The few years of operating in a pandemic saw higher education institutions heightening their efforts in online proctoring, ensuring academic integrity, and earnest longing for “things to return to normal.”

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The rise of ChatGPT, Google Bard, New Bing, and others in the academic space, however, is skyrocketing. As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. I embraced this a novel learning process.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. Learning assistantships also offer a range of benefits for the near peer tutors themselves. 2021; Close et al.,

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. The few years of operating in a pandemic saw higher education institutions heightening their efforts in online proctoring, ensuring academic integrity, and earnest longing for “things to return to normal.”

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

ASU said it is also investigating the situation, as it does for any allegation of academic dishonesty. After our review, we will determine if any changes are needed to our policies and protocols related to maintaining academic integrity,” said a statement by the university.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Speaking to an audience of researchers from the education industry last week at the Bay Area Learning Analytics Conference , held at the University of California at Berkeley, Deb shared how Chegg uses a Stanford-built tool to try to keep out students who just want an online tutor to do their homework. And it’s what the Santa Clara, Calif.-based

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. Meaningful, productive dialogue can help. But to avoid a reactionary discussion, it’s important to set the stage.

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Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 134

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 97

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. Meaningful, productive dialogue can help. But to avoid a reactionary discussion, it’s important to set the stage.

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Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 119

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. As educators have looked to alternatives to assigning essays, one idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. Even so, some educators have been giving the oral exam a try.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The figures show that cheating has increased dramatically, but the actual figures may be undercounts, says Derek Newton, who runs The Cheat Sheet , a newsletter focused on academic fraud. Most of the academic integrity studies rely on self-reporting, and it can be hard to prove someone’s cheating, he adds. What’s causing that?

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