eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Concerns about academic dishonesty, loss of critical thinking skills, and inappropriate content creation have sparked discussions about banning AI tools like ChatGPT, Grammarly, and others. However, with thoughtful integration and a shift in perspective, AI can be a powerful ally in the classroom rather than an adversary.

Ethics 329

Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 329

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Yale University’s policy explicitly claims that “one who borrows unacknowledged ideas or language from others is stealing their work.” Mayo is director of Academic Integrity at Quinnipiac University. Will technology induce cheating?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Yale University’s policy explicitly claims that “one who borrows unacknowledged ideas or language from others is stealing their work.” Mayo is director of Academic Integrity at Quinnipiac University. Will technology induce cheating?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, and Meta AI has created a pressing new challenge for educators: defining academic integrity in the age of AI. Tell your students what YOU allow Every college and university has an academic integrity/honesty or academic dishonesty statement.

Academic Integrity 98

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, AI-driven adaptive learning platforms can assess students’ knowledge and skills, identify areas for improvement, and recommend targeted activities and resources to support their learning journey.

Social Studies 290

Social Studies Study Ethics Intelligence 290

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

In the fast-changing digital world, integrating AI into education is both a breakthrough and a problem. AI algorithms use massive datasets and natural language processing to produce content that replicates student writing styles as teaching tools. Over-reliance on AI can impair writing skills without lowering educational attainment.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Ethics 187

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

These skill-building, multi-player games help students build critical skills in math, language arts, and social studies in a fun and entertaining way.   To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on. 10 new learning games from Arcademics.

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Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 252

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. The answer lies in two transformative strategies: metacognition and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

But Mayfield’s true passion is language—particularly writing. Mayfield spent his grad school years studying natural language processing, computational linguistics, and machine learning. It's supposed to give them the opportunity to develop those skills and I’m not seeing it necessarily in the conversations I'm having.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The toolkit provides a framework for incorporating AI in education, real-world policy examples, sample guidance language, and resources aimed at staff, parents, and students. “By providing real-world examples and sample language, we hope education systems now have a place to start their discussions.”

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Teachers Schools Intelligence Teaching Perspectives 215

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. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

The goals aim to ensure that learning is still focused on rigor and hitting the standards, but that students are also learning soft skills and advocating for their own education and needs as learners. focused primarily on supporting students with language-based learning differences, primarily dyslexia.

Teaching 139

Teaching Education Learning Culture 139

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

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Feature Bots Chatbots Primary function Automate tasks Communicate and provide information User interaction No direct user interaction Direct user interaction through natural language Typical use cases Customer service, marketing, social media Customer service, education, e-commerce Figure 1.

Academic Integrity 135

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Instead, focus on feedback that builds skills, enriches learning, and deepens understanding.

Plagiarism 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

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. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

With its impressive ability to understand human language, it is clear that ChatGPT can be leveraged in optimizing assessment and evaluation in higher education. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that it is capable of understanding and generating fairly accurate responses across a wide range of topics and contexts. Matty Wood).

Education 116

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

The company’s website was written in Chinese and marketed to students who did not speak English as their first language. 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.

Plagiarism 156

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 156

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is combined with Large Language Models (LLMs) which collect extensive data from various sources, including Wikipedia, public forums, and programming-related websites like Q&A sites and tutorials. Some academics see these tools as a danger to the full spectrum of learning and as a shortcut.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is combined with Large Language Models (LLMs) which collect extensive data from various sources, including Wikipedia, public forums, and programming-related websites like Q&A sites and tutorials. Some academics see these tools as a danger to the full spectrum of learning and as a shortcut.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Feature Bots Chatbots Primary function Automate tasks Communicate and provide information User interaction No direct user interaction Direct user interaction through natural language Typical use cases Customer service, marketing, social media Customer service, education, e-commerce Figure 1.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. AI writing tools are more properly classified as Large Language Models (LLMs). Kuswoyo et al.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Instead, focus on feedback that builds skills, enriches learning, and deepens understanding.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

With its impressive ability to understand human language, it is clear that ChatGPT can be leveraged in optimizing assessment and evaluation in higher education. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that it is capable of understanding and generating fairly accurate responses across a wide range of topics and contexts. Matty Wood).

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. AI writing tools are more properly classified as Large Language Models (LLMs). Kuswoyo et al.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

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. I will pat chalk dust on my jeans and sharpen my end-of-the-world skills just in case. The original tech: language. AI, I’m not mad at you.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

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.

Multiple Choice Questions 111

Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 111

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. I will pat chalk dust on my jeans and sharpen my end-of-the-world skills just in case. The original tech: language. AI, I’m not mad at you.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

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.

Multiple Choice Questions 98

Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist.

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist.

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Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 113

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Thinking we can distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated work Concerned about academic integrity, many academic colleges have turned to plagiarism detection services in student assignments. In short, using AI may prove to be the best way to teach students to surpass AI—a critical skill for all in an AI-driven world.

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Plagiarism Instructors Evaluation Academic Integrity 52

EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Looking across the larger body of reporting on the new AI from the past year, another thing that jumps out at you is the range and sophistication of tasks for which the performance of GPT-4 approaches, matches, or exceeds that of skilled humans—everything from picking winning stocks to diagnosing rare illnesses to writing computer code.

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Essay Attention Internet Questions 52

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

” Differentiation: Customize outputs based on Lexile levels, language proficiency, or IEP modifications. When teachers control how AI is used through skillful prompting, it becomes an ally–not a replacement. It also aligns with computational thinking, reinforcing skills like abstraction and decomposition (Code.org, 2024).

Ethics 281

Ethics Teachers Essay Feedback 281

eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2025

But experts have also raised ethical concerns about how student data is used (and misused) by AI companies, how students can use AI for cheating and plagiarism, the erosion of critical thinking skills , and the spread of misinformation. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Speese said.

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Teachers English Plagiarism Writing 256