Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. 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.

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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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While the fears of cheating have definitely been legitimate, have you actually tried writing an essay using just AI? Custom study plans AI can design personalized study plans for your kids. Just as the internet revolutionized education, AI will be the next game-changer. This level of engagement was unheard of before now.

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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.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Case studies consist of a short narrative followed by guiding questions that help learners think through the steps of solving a real-world problem. 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.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. When properly engaged, something like ChatGPT can not only model effective writing but even assist students in developing their own writing. To be clear, neither these studies nor this article argues for indiscriminate copying in classrooms.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. When properly engaged, something like ChatGPT can not only model effective writing but even assist students in developing their own writing. To be clear, neither these studies nor this article argues for indiscriminate copying in classrooms.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Part library, part innovation hub, part quiet study nook, it offers flexible zones where students can choose how they learn bestwhether thats brainstorming with peers, diving into solo study, or using digital tools to bring projects to life. The recently reimagined Learning Commons is a perfect example.

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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. He also spent time consulting for high profile companies like CTB McGraw-Hill and College Board, which wanted to learn more about student writing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, students can use AI for initial brainstorming or as a tool to refine their writing, requiring them to demonstrate understanding by reflecting on or critiquing AI-generated content. Integrating multimodal projects, such as combining AI-driven image generation with student-authored narratives.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. As educators, it is important to understand the underlying causes of this behavior and develop assessments that encourage academic integrity.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Largely missing from many conversations, however, is a discussion of how scientific approaches may be used to study ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the context of higher ed. Much of the discourse about generative AI in higher ed has focused on issues of academic integrity.

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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.’”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

But many experts on contract cheating say that the people who use the services are often working adults who are struggling to balance their jobs and studies, or those who may not be adequately prepared for college and unaware of the legitimate support services campuses provide. The sales pitch is all about doing the work of students for them.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

Therefore, I won’t assume what GenAI writes or cites is accurate, and I will do my own research. I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. We do this to support our arguments, demonstrate our scholarship, and contribute to an ongoing conversation.

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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? So when they first started, [they’d say] “We're here to help you and provide a study aid.” So am I, let's study together."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 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.

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

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 150

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The introduction of mass market writing tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed higher education. Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

Therefore, I won’t assume what GenAI writes or cites is accurate, and I will do my own research. I want the complexities, the nuance, the human experience that makes an article or study or creative work unique. We do this to support our arguments, demonstrate our scholarship, and contribute to an ongoing conversation.

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Critical Thinking Instructors Plagiarism Intelligence 63

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.

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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.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The introduction of mass market writing tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed higher education. Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. Most importantly, the one thing that academics cannot afford to do is ignore what’s happening.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. Most importantly, the one thing that academics cannot afford to do is ignore what’s happening.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Against the use of GPTZero and other LLM-detection tools on student writing. link] Currier, J. 2022, December). link] Gegg-Harrison, W.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Against the use of GPTZero and other LLM-detection tools on student writing. link] Currier, J. 2022, December). link] Gegg-Harrison, W.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

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.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 114

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

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A case study from a California community college illustrates these principles in action. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development.

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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.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A case study from a California community college illustrates these principles in action. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 73

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors and students press pause for winter break, journalists at EdSurge are likewise taking some time away from writing and editing during the last week of 2023. But Zevin’s book also turns out to be an unusual study of friendship, love and how those can intertwine in the act of collaborative creation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Within a couple of days, he got really excited by the quality of the writing it produced. He only agreed to speak anonymously, for fear of repercussions for admitting to academic dishonesty.) The writing could be awkward. Those little things added up, making the writing seem like it didn’t come from a human.

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