k12 Digest

APRIL 15, 2025

In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a transformative force. For those school districts, the journey towards integrating AI in education often begins with a comprehensive review of current programs and practices.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Not only does it make educators revise their approach to teaching academic writing, but some still see it as a threat to students’ academic integrity. ChatGPT isn’t as intelligent as many believe. Will it have the potential to get a high grade? ChatGPT generates original texts. But you know what?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new. The rise of ChatGPT, Google Bard, New Bing, and others in the academic space, however, is skyrocketing. On the faculty side, AI can generate grading rubrics and well-stated course objectives in line with specified learning domains and Bloom’s taxonomy. What are the pros of such uses?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Copyleaks, an artificial intelligence platform that detects plagiarism, today announced a partnership today with Canvas, the learning management platform from Instructure, that allows educational institutions to seamlessly enable advanced plagiarism detection software directly within a Canvas account. About Copyleaks.

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Plagiarism Intelligence Essay Academic Integrity 198

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Many coaches note that AI tools assisted in grading assignments, offering real-time feedback, and supporting differentiated instruction. About three-fourths of coaches feel that AI will reduce teacher workload by automating repetitive tasks such as grading and data analysis. Coaches cite technical challenges as well.

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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.” Teachers — what have been the implications for grading?”

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

This article explores the role of metacognition in enhancing learning outcomes for ELLs and demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support metacognitive growth. Educators often ask: How can we help ELLs succeed academically while fostering their independence and critical thinking skills? Hacker, D.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. ” (Turing, 1950), followed by John McCarthy’s naming of “artificial intelligence” (McCarthy, 2007). This echoes Karel apek’s R.U.R.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., What to avoid: Grading active learning activities as if they were summative assessments is inappropriate. Revise and resubmit: Allow students to revise and resubmit work for a higher grade and additional feedback.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. ” (Turing, 1950), followed by John McCarthy’s naming of “artificial intelligence” (McCarthy, 2007). This echoes Karel apek’s R.U.R.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., What to avoid: Grading active learning activities as if they were summative assessments is inappropriate. Revise and resubmit: Allow students to revise and resubmit work for a higher grade and additional feedback.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2023

To Chang’s point, plenty of professors remain concerned about the potential impacts of ChatGPT on academic integrity, even if they’re open to adopting the tools to improve teaching. I think many faculty have not sorted out what academic integrity is with this tech,” Dede said.

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Ethics Essay Teachers Academic Integrity 148

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Since teachers grade so many papers and assignments, many educators see that as an unacceptable level of error. She argues that leaving it up to students whether they activate a process-tracking tool may not do much to protect academic integrity. Opting in doesnt make sense in this situation, she argues.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

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.” While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade. Students cheat for good grades.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

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.” While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade. Students cheat for good grades.

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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. Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too? Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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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. Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too? Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) is a subset of artificial intelligence that uses machine learning models to create new, original content, such as images, text, or music, based on patterns and structures learned from existing data. There are issues of academic integrity and plagiarism for users (like students) who may offload their work to the tool.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) is a subset of artificial intelligence that uses machine learning models to create new, original content, such as images, text, or music, based on patterns and structures learned from existing data. There are issues of academic integrity and plagiarism for users (like students) who may offload their work to the tool.

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Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 115

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fighting AI With AI Two undergraduate students who are researchers at Stanford University’s Piech Lab , which focuses on “using computational techniques to transform fundamental areas of society,” believe one way to bring back oral exams may be to harness artificial intelligence. "I You’re on the spot,” he says.

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