Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

Writing 187

Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And if that homework involves writing assignments, the hours add up fast. Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. Here’s how: 1.

Plagiarism 167

Plagiarism Teachers Writing Assignments 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Serhii Tkachecnko, CEO at Unicheck, shares his thoughts on how educators can teach students about the benefits of plagiarism checking. But when it comes to plagiarism checking, most students feel hostile. Instead of being intimidated by plagiarism checking, why not educate students on its benefits?

Plagiarism 156

Plagiarism Academic Integrity Students Assignments 156

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 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2023

Learners must apply newly learned content to real-world workplace situations and demonstrate professional credibility and integrity. Simply put, academic integrity can make or break a student’s career. First, faculty should start engaging their learners early on about the importance of academic integrity in their courses.

Academic Integrity 105

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments Writing 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. 2023, August 9).

Academic Integrity 116

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI. 2023, August 9).

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The new tool provides a semi-proctored environment for organizing research and writing in an AI-enabled environment. Composer is a new tool that allows PowerNotes+ users to see the full picture of writers’ research and writing, from AI-assisted text to outside sources to original thoughts, all color-coded for easy identification. “AI

Writing 161

Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 161

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

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. We repost so much so frequently that some platforms, such as Facebook, have been compelled to develop their own citation rules to combat plagiarism.

Plagiarism 120

Plagiarism Essay Internet Assignments 120

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

Maintaining academic integrity is important, but eradicating cheating is near impossible with how quickly technology moves, said Tricia Bertram Gallant, academic integrity director at the University of California, San Diego, and board emeritus at the International Center for Academic Integrity.

Exams 218

Exams Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. research assistance, writing support). research assistance, writing support).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. research assistance, writing support). research assistance, writing support).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The most-cited applications included providing feedback on student work, creating professional development materials, supporting writing and content generation, creating course content, and enhancing accessibility for students with special needs. The integration of AI in K-12 education presents both opportunities and challenges.

Coaching 214

Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 214

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

I’m a former educator in the process of writing my dissertation for my Doctorate of Education, as part of a part-time program while working a full-time job at Google. Many university campuses host “writing centers” where students can book time to get editing help on their written assignments. Upon reading it, I took a pause.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Can process tracking turn out to be the answer to checking student work for authenticity?

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Instructors History English Writing 199

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

The case raises a point of contention over the use of algorithmic writing detectors — tests of the software have found a high percentage of “false positives” — and there are now examples of cases when accusations that students used AI turned out to be unsubstantiated or were later dropped.

Plagiarism 119

Plagiarism Academic Integrity Intelligence Instructors 119

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. Instructors can use AI for editing as well.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. That said, given the right prompts, AI software can truly deliver some lovely, thoughtful college-level writing.

Essay 145

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. These tools can serve as a research and writing assistant. Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant.

Study 124

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 124

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JANUARY 30, 2020

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. In some cases those investigations led to legal action against companies offering paper-writing services, says Lelo.

Plagiarism 152

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 152

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. Educators should teach students about proper citation practices and academic integrity while allowing space for mistakes as part of the learning process.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential. Students need opportunities to learn with and about AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential. Students need opportunities to learn with and about AI.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. These tools can serve as a research and writing assistant. Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant.

Study 114

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 114

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

I would read just the instructions from a customer and I would think, ‘This person couldn’t write the paper if they tried,’” he says. We encourage our customers to use the work we provide as a guide,” says Avery Morgan, a spokesperson for EduBirdie, which advertises itself as a “professional essay writing service.” And no plagiarism!”

Essay 161

Essay Writing Academic Integrity Students 161

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

For instance, custom paper-writing services offer students work tailored exactly to what the professor has assigned. Are you seeing these term-paper writing services getting more aggressive these days? Now they … say basically, "You don't have time to write your paper, we're here for you. Don't worry about it." So that shifted.

Academic Integrity 130

Academic Integrity Culture Plagiarism Writing 130

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? 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.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 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. Instructors can use AI for editing as well.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? 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.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. Educators should teach students about proper citation practices and academic integrity while allowing space for mistakes as part of the learning process.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. That said, given the right prompts, AI software can truly deliver some lovely, thoughtful college-level writing.

Essay 98

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Learn how to protect your academic integrity and improve writing achievement. Tricia Bertram Gallant, Transition Committee Co-Chair at the International Center for Academic Integrity, will overview this phenomenon, what institutions can do to prevent it, and what faculty must do to detect it. Sign up now.

Plagiarism 79

Plagiarism Academic Integrity Achievement Assignments 79

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.” Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. This is a call to action!

Education 116

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

From working professionals to teenagers, people around the world expressed fervor that ChatGPT could also save time for writing tasks. To put it simply, any tech tool can be used for plagiarism and cheating, and any tech tool can be used to support students, build confidence in their skills, and help them learn more deeply.

Plagiarism 134

Plagiarism Ethics Intelligence Education 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.

Multiple Choice Questions 111

Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 111

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.” Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. This is a call to action!

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98