k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Whats remarkable is how seamlessly all of this blends with the schools academic rigour. Students explore big ideas through play, questions, and reflection.

Schools 210

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

If I use GenAI, I will use it to generate ideas, answer simple questions, or create an initial outline or template. I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. I won’t rely on GenAI to create something simplistic, biased , or inaccurate.

Instructors 82

Instructors Critical Thinking Plagiarism Intelligence 82

Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

If I use GenAI, I will use it to generate ideas, answer simple questions, or create an initial outline or template. I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. I won’t rely on GenAI to create something simplistic, biased , or inaccurate.

Instructors 66

Instructors Critical Thinking Plagiarism Intelligence 66

Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

In summary Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success. Alba has wondered, though, whether turning to ChatGPT with these sorts of questions represents an overreliance on AI. I won’t lie. It’s a helpful tool.”

Students 64

Students Study Academic Integrity Questions 64

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on how to manage academic integrity as generative AI moves into classrooms originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Academic Integrity Statements are a good place to start with districts setting expectations for students. Can students just give this lip service?

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Academic Integrity Ethics Assignments Evaluation 303

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

But even with all this excitement, there are still many questions to answer. One key question is, “How do school and district leaders ensure academic integrity as new technologies continue to emerge, like generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, and more?”

Academic Integrity 240

Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 240

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

The technology, which emerged just a couple of months ago, can answer just about any question you type into it, and can adapt those answers into a different style or tone on command. It turns out, there are deeper questions to consider when it comes to ChatGPT and this ability for AI to generate language that sounds human.

Academic Integrity 203

Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Language 203

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 Quizzes 105

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The intersection of AI assistance in student writing is not just about the convenience it brings, but also about the fundamental shift it represents in how we perceive and approach academic integrity and skill development. These statistics alone underscore the pervasiveness of AI in academic environments.

Writing 318

Writing Academic Integrity Students Critical Thinking 318

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. The question is always how technology is used. Reinforce understanding of campus academic integrity policy and acceptable academic standards especially in relation to faculty expectations and unauthorized assistance. These concerns are not new.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. The question is always how technology is used. Reinforce understanding of campus academic integrity policy and acceptable academic standards especially in relation to faculty expectations and unauthorized assistance. These concerns are not new.

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

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Before ChatGPT was publicly available, the International Center for Academic Integrity found that 95 percent of high schoolers participated in some form of cheating. This begs a two-fold question: why do students cheat in the first place, and why is it so easy to cheat?

Exams 290

Exams Essay Education Academic Integrity 290

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Establish and share online learning guidelines First, I recommend asking yourself these key questions: Do you have safeguards in place to ensure academic integrity? Other questions you should consider are: What is the ideal teacher response time? Then, be available to answer any questions that may arise.

Exams 246

Exams Academic Integrity Schools Communication 246

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Students were used to being watched as they took tests in-person, says Tricia Bertram Gallant, a board member of the International Center for Academic Integrity and the director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego. But as courses rushed online during the pandemic, things changed.

Academic Integrity 185

Academic Integrity Exams Quizzes Students 185

eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

While K-12 teachers concerns about GenAI’s impact on academic integrity (83 percent, -1 percent YoY) and a lack of training/support (34 percent, -4 percent YoY) have gone down, concerns about data privacy (32 percent, +4 percent YoY) have increased. test and quiz questions) (34 percent), animations (e.g.,

Instructors 293

Instructors Textbooks Academic Integrity Coaching 293

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the technology itself evolving rapidly, establishing a framework for examining its implications is critical; we need to know what questions to ask, and to continue asking, even as the answers continuously change. Much of the discourse about generative AI in higher ed has focused on issues of academic integrity.

Academic Integrity 205

Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 205

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A call to action Dr. Johnson, a leading AI researcher, sums it up: The question is not whether we should integrate AI into education but how we can do it ethically and equitably, enhancing the educational experience for all students. Ethical guidelines : Academic integrity and data privacy standards must be established post-haste.

Ethics 293

Ethics Academic Integrity Intelligence Evaluation 293

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

We also encourage our teachers to schedule welcome calls with parents and students to answer any questions they may have about the upcoming school year. To start building guidelines and best practices, I would start by asking yourself and your staff questions such as, “do you have safeguards in place to ensure academic integrity?”

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Blended Learning Hybrid Learning Learning Academic Integrity 283

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Randomized questions. To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on. A new drag-and-drop question type that develops students’ critical thinking skills by helping them build evidence and concepts into models. 

Student Engagement 252

Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 252

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

AI-powered virtual assistants can also provide instant feedback, answer questions, and facilitate interactive discussions, enabling students to engage more deeply with course content and develop higher-order thinking skills.

Social Studies 290

Social Studies Study Ethics Intelligence 290

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments. They can’t say after-the-fact ‘Oh, well, I didn’t know that was an academic integrity violation.’”

Academic Integrity 148

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 148

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.

Exams 188

Exams Lecturing Instructors Academic Integrity 188

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2025

This moment demands more than efficiency gains and academic integrity policies; it requires rethinking our educational model. Many of the guiding questions below are taken directly from Dr. South and his descriptions of these five frames. I believe these should shape any conversation about AI in education. Thats on us.

Education 142

Education Academic Integrity Learning Fairness 142

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Meanwhile students are setting up unofficial online channels of their own, where they can ask questions of classmates, gripe about the professor and sometimes share homework and test answers. But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity.

Exams 204

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 204

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

By guiding students through reflection and self-questioning, teachers can help deepen metacognitive awareness (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2011). I asked ChatGPT about that, and it suggested examples of how myths like the American Dream can make people focus too much on money. That helped me finish that part of the essay.

Essay 167

Essay Ethics Feedback Language 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we brought in key experts quoted in our series to further explore the issue and answer questions from readers. Really it's the lack of conversation about this and not just about the contracting industry, but about integrity in general.

Academic Integrity 130

Academic Integrity Culture Plagiarism Writing 130

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

MAY 27, 2021

Many students and even some schools have pushed back against the practice , especially objecting to automated services that rely on algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

Exams 173

Exams Distance Learning Academic Integrity Testing 173

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

PowerNotes+ is a reading, research, and writing platform that helps educators and institutions have control and confidence using artificial intelligence (AI)—and addresses questions of intellectual integrity using transparency and evidence, not suspicion.

Writing 158

Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 158

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The more I learn about ChatGPT and its rivals through attending webinars, talking to colleagues, and toying with this web-based tool, the more questions I have. Flower Darby (2023) recently wrote about the importance of having conversations with faculty and students about AI, academic integrity, AI in the workplace, and other topics.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

If you're using a tool that benefits or takes inspiration from your creative masterpiece, it's not truly aligned with core creative values and academic integrity. In what ways does AI help foster creativity while ensuring that student work remains authentic? AI can support any part of the creative process.

Multiple Choice Questions 204

Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Intelligence Skills 204

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

This contrast raised several questions: What are we missing as educators when it comes to student engagement? For one of the assessments, I conducted an online, objective-type quiz, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. I end with two incidents from my visit that resonate with me.

Academic Integrity 104

Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 104

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

As AI chatbots with a ton of information, like ChatGPT, can provide answers to questions like “I’m arguing XYZ. The policy still includes a mention that “use of AI technology to generate partial or complete responses to course prompts is not permissible,” and will lead to “an academic integrity violation.”

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The more I learn about ChatGPT and its rivals through attending webinars, talking to colleagues, and toying with this web-based tool, the more questions I have. Flower Darby (2023) recently wrote about the importance of having conversations with faculty and students about AI, academic integrity, AI in the workplace, and other topics.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Edsurge

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. Plenty of college administrators in the U.S., to combat contract cheating.

Plagiarism 156

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 156