Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Instead of resisting AI, educators should focus on integrating AI into coursework in ways that support critical thinking and intellectual engagement. Teaching Students How to Interact with AI Teaching students how to interact with AI begins with understanding prompt engineering. References Bender, Emily M., Cotton, Debby R.,

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

It has been more than two years since the release of ChatGPT created widespread dismay over generative AI’s threat to academic integrity. As teaching and learning increasingly shifted online throughout the early 2000s and 2010s, Turnitin became more embedded in classes. This year, the college paid almost $47,000. Ruys mused.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

As a learning designer in a centralized teaching and learning unit, it’s my job to explore new technologies, particularly AI. GenAI can help us with parts of this process, but I won’t use GenAI to replace our work with material that lacks the rich human experience and expertise that informs effective teaching and learning.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 10, 2025

As a learning designer in a centralized teaching and learning unit, it’s my job to explore new technologies, particularly AI. GenAI can help us with parts of this process, but I won’t use GenAI to replace our work with material that lacks the rich human experience and expertise that informs effective teaching and learning.

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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. Critical thinking isnt something we teach once, says Ms. Every student has their own MacBook or iPad.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The importance of academic integrity can’t be underestimated, especially when it comes to blended learning. Statistics show there was a 68 percent increase in the number of integrity violations reported in 2019-2020 compared with 2018-2019. It also made academic integrity a significant point of concern.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

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?” Similarly, AI tools present an opportunity for educators to enhance their teaching practices.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we bring you part two of our exploration of what ChatGPT means for teaching. 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.

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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

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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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

I found multiple articles online which followed this idea, but they were not specific enough to show me how to actually do it or how to use it to develop an academic honesty policy concerning AI. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

I found multiple articles online which followed this idea, but they were not specific enough to show me how to actually do it or how to use it to develop an academic honesty policy concerning AI. This article will expand on those long-searched for details so everyone will have a process on academic honesty policies regarding AI.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

According to a new study from Academic Help , 67 percent of students use AI for creating texts – the basis for their essays and other papers. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. How do I teach in a world where everyone has a calculator for everything? Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Will technology induce cheating?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. How do I teach in a world where everyone has a calculator for everything? Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Will technology induce cheating?

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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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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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Using AI still requires work, and in fact, it often leads to a deeper understanding of the subject matter because you are the one who has to teach AI what to do and say. Just like the internet, AI isn’t going anywhere–so let’s teach our kids to work with AI, not against it. Here are 5 positive ways students can use AI: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

Starting tomorrow, Turnitin – a leading provider of academic integrity solutions globally – will activate its AI writing detection capabilities. The technology identifies the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT, with 98 percent confidence, enabling educators to analyze and review the authenticity of academic work.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On top of this, only one-third (33 percent) of surveyed educators feel that they have the support they need from their district and school leadership to successfully implement generative AI into their teaching. “Generative AI is a blend of promise and prudence. “Learning is above all a human endeavor.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI is unreliable and bias-laden While it’s true that AI models can perpetuate biases or produce incorrect information, these limitations present teaching opportunities. By teaching students to engage with it responsibly, educators equip them for workplaces where AI will be integral.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Not only does it make educators revise their approach to teaching academic writing, but some still see it as a threat to students’ academic integrity. They worry about academic integrity, the risks for students to lose critical thinking and communication skills, as well as negate the value of writing.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

During a time when many students have access to personal and school-issued devices, JCPS is focused on teaching academic integrity rather than punishing lapses, says William Pierce, executive administrator of digital innovation and program management. JCPS relies on its Google Workspace…

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents of student cheating with AI. Thats the argument of Tricia Bertram Gallant, a longtime expert in academic integrity who is director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

From the introduction of calculators in the 1970s to the ubiquity of ChatGPT-4 AI in academic settings, the transformation is profound and irreversible. Ethical guidelines : Academic integrity and data privacy standards must be established post-haste.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

Chechitelli added, “Sharing usage and indication rates is one way that we can help improve understanding of the presence and use of generative AI in their teaching and learning practices. We want teachers and students to talk about appropriate use of writing tools, proper citation and original thinking.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

Nearly 2 in 3 K-12 teachers (63 percent) say they (or their school district) have incorporated GenAI technology into their teaching process compared to 49 percent of higher-ed instructors. However, while both K-12 and higher ed share similar optimism, the data also exposed strong differences in GenAI adoption rates.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Doing so involves leveraging research rooted in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) — a systematic inquiry into student learning to improve teaching practices — and analyzing insights that have been drawn from academic and institutional data. To advance the teaching and learning experience.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The pandemic has dramatically altered teaching and learning, and one side effect seems to be a rise in cheating on quizzes and tests, aided by websites designed to help students study. Can you help me?’”” Blen says, adding that in some ways students are forced to teach themselves. Gallant’s group has some advice. “If

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

This course empowers educators to confidently integrate AI into their teaching, creating richer and more accessible learning experiences for all students.” “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Google to offer the Generative AI for Educators Course – providing middle and high school teachers with no-cost AI training.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

What solidified my passion for education were the “ah-ha” moments, or those moments when at first a student struggled, and then, after teaching them in a way they could relate to, seeing their eyes light up from the excitement of learning. How will your staff communicate with students who aren’t submitting assignments?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. In other words, we need to take the time to create inclusive learning communities if we’re going to make the most of teaching and learning. Do they respect you?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

AI algorithms use massive datasets and natural language processing to produce content that replicates student writing styles as teaching tools. Understanding AI in Academic Writing AI in academic writing is changing how students write essays. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

What understanding learning differences can teach us about personalized learning For 35 years, Chartwell Middle School, near Monterey, Calif., Every Appleton student who has successfully completed an online course and demonstrates online academic integrity can earn the badge.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

One coach suggested that allowing students to utilize the tools in a structured setting and teaching them to use AI as a tool is one of the biggest potentials for generative AI in education. Instructional coaches generally agree that AI is not just a passing trend, but an integral part of the future of education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on creating an online elementary program.

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