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ChatGPT Has Colleges in Emergency Mode to Shield Academic Integrity

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To get a national perspective, EdSurge recently connected with Derek Newton, a journalist who runs a weekly Substack newsletter called The Cheat Sheet , about academic integrity and cheating. Or read a partial transcript below, condensed and edited for clarity.

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Are Algorithmically-Generated Term Papers the Next Big Challenge to Academic Integrity?

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“The internet and machine learning is going to totally shake up what education is and how we validate when students have knowledge that we can verify,” argues Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego. They can just have the essay generator do it.”

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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Educators at both schools and colleges were already struggling to keep up with ChatGPT and other AI tools during this academic year, but a fresh round of announcements last month by major AI companies may require even greater adjustments by educators to preserve academic integrity and to accurately assess student learning, teaching experts say.

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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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Check out our related article, " The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. Tara Carpenter, lecturer at UMBC Officials for Chegg and Course Hero, for their part, argue that their services are not intended as cheating tools, and they point to acceptable use policies and other efforts that discourage cheating. Carpenter agrees.

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How Students Use Unofficial Online Backchannels for Classes

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But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity. But students can be reluctant to use these sanctioned channels, or to show up in person for office hours, says Megan McNamara, a continuing lecturer in sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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Top 10 EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2023

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So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting. Check out part two of our series reported from the back of large lecture classes to see how teaching is changing. What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?

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Level Up Higher Education Assessments with ChatGPT

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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.” She serves as a lecturer in the faculty of education at the Mico University College (a teacher-training institution in Jamaica).

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