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

APRIL 22, 2024

And the question boils down to this: Are colleges ready for a world without OPMs? The question was which OPM we were going to work with,” he told me with resignation, “not whether we were going to work with one.” OPMs, I worried, would undermine academic integrity in digital education.

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Online Learning 176

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

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.” My question to the class was then: Do you agree with the output of ChatGPT? What if my students decide to use this app?

Education 116

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Ambiguity in educational queries Students often ask complex and context-specific questions about course requirements, program details, and academic pathways. Establish clear reporting procedures for suspected bot usage.

Education 135

Education Academic Integrity Plagiarism Students 135

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

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.” My question to the class was then: Do you agree with the output of ChatGPT? What if my students decide to use this app?

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Ambiguity in educational queries Students often ask complex and context-specific questions about course requirements, program details, and academic pathways. Establish clear reporting procedures for suspected bot usage.

Education 111

Education Academic Integrity Plagiarism Students 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

One notable question is: When should we use Generative AI and technology in classrooms, exploring the balance of human touch versus computing intelligence? Thus, if and when our students use too much written content, academic integrity calls for them to quote the source or paraphrase and give proper credit.

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Plagiarism Ethics Education Intelligence 134

EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Underlying that range is the remarkable fact that the new AIs are capable of reading the entire Internet, remembering all they have read, and bringing that information to bear on any question they are asked. More generally, AI has raised fundamental questions about how to understand and measure student ability.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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”). If you’ve got five set questions, are you probing students — are you looking for the weaknesses?”

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