eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2023

A key conversation focuses on weighing its benefits versus risks, and many education institutions have been quick to implement bans on the technology altogether for fears of plagiarism in written works. But is this the right course of action to take?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

per month for one access to one digital textbook or $14.99 per month to access all of the more than 1,500 titles on the company’s platform, with each plan requiring a four-month minimum. Users also get access to audiobook versions of their texts?available That’s why the all-access model is so significant?it

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2023

ChatGPT has commanded the world’s attention in recent weeks, and it has educators and policymakers discussing its implications for education, academic honesty, accessibility, and more. Where is the line between research and plagiarism? Chatbots raise specific concerns in education–will students use them to cheat?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

If you take it, that’s plagiarism and–like stealing from a store–carries drastic penalties. That’s why plagiarism checkers are important to me. PlagiarismCheck.org is an online plagiarism checker that uses a sophisticated algorithm to check content for different types of plagiarism.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

Those reasons may include: lack of writing skills, insecurity around writing skills, struggles with time management, confusion about the topic, missing grammar and organizational skills, having no motivation or interest, missing real-world relevance, poor work ethic, lack of access to resources, and home/personal life stress.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

AI tools are on the rise, and students use them for different purposes: Grammar checking Citation generation Plagiarism checking Generating topic ideas, outlines, and reference lists for academic papers Like it or not, AI is here. It won’t go anywhere, and teachers can’t separate students from access to this technology.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Digital access: Full electronic participation in society, which includes helping to make sure everyone has equal access to technology and understands the limitations and drawbacks when this access is withheld. But as a baseline, Ribble also outlines nine essential elements of digital citizenship that every student should know.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2024

Who do you think has access to the information you’re sharing?” Who has access to it? Are we accessing others’ data without their permission? As a class, discuss scenarios, such as who is responsible when an autonomous vehicle makes a mistake, or if using AI is plagiarism. Is it OK to bully a bot?” Spoiler alert: yes.)

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Key points: AI use is on the rise among educators, thanks to increased confidence AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI in the classroom, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Educators continue to feel confident about integrating technology into their instruction, and say (..)

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

Valerie Schreiner, chief product officer at plagiarism detection service provider Turnitin, said the cost continues to decrease to hire someone to write your paper or gain remote access to a computer to take an exam. “I I have literally had students tell me I didn’t cheat—I paid them,” Schreiner said.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

Turnitin has long been the go-to resource for uncovering plagiarism in student work, but there are reasons why that may not be a good choice for you or your students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has made the workload even heavier, many instructors have felt how awful it is to use an unreliable plagiarism checker.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

We believe that this technology has the potential to improve student learning, increase teacher productivity, and make education more accessible to all students. How will we ensure that students are using GIA for the right purposes and not simply plagiarizing content? What are your top 3 priorities over the next few years?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? link] (translation accessed at: [link] ) Gates, B. This approach will help students better understand and utilize AI as an educational ally, enabling innovative methods for effective classroom integration.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Guidance for using AI in education AI is already impacting education in several areas: plagiarism detection, learning management platforms, analyzing student success/failure metrics, and curriculum development. Data privacy is very important in education.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

And as someone who is also a former journalist and editor for EdSurge, I recognize that we should never plagiarize, and that artificially-intelligent chatbots are very, very capable of responding to prompts like “Write me a 500-word essay on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

These include plagiarism (20 percent), insufficient training on AI education tools (15 percent), the potential to spread misinformation (13 percent), and reduced human interaction in learning (12 percent). The survey also revealed a range of teacher concerns about AI in education.

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STEM Ethics Beliefs Plagiarism 214

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This used to mean limiting access to the internet, blocking websites, and layering rules upon rules hoping (vainly) students would be discouraged from using an infinite and fascinating resource. It didn’t work. How do you teach kindergarteners to beware of the digital neighborhood, the home of Legoland and virtual pets?

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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. Schools should ensure all students have equal access to AI tools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

By engaging in conversations with their students more often, teachers can gain insight into their students’ passions, academic strengths, and challenges so they can better access the authenticity of their work. Utilize academic integrity tools There are tools that school leaders, teachers, and staff can use to detect if students have used AI.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

City officials don’t track how many schools have bans, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach that schools are using to curb student cell phone access. Others described how the devices have fostered more cheating and plagiarism during class. Some schools collect phones before first period and place them in cubbies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Accessible Educational Support AI writing tools make high-quality writing help available to more students, regardless of geography or income. AI technologies are available online, frequently for free, giving all students access to sophisticated writing help.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Unplag, an online plagiarism checker designed to spot similarities and teach students how to write originally, is now available for all educational institutions using Blackboard’s leading learning management system, Blackboard Learn. Students and parents will access the program by downloading an app or via a mobile-optimized website.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

He sees the growing adoption of automated proctoring tools as a continuation of a trend started by plagiarism-detection services like Turnitin, which he says were built on the assumption that students want to cheat and must be policed. But despite early pushback by students and some professors, plagiarism detection has become ubiquitous.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2024

Identify plagiarism or cheating But there are drawbacks educators must watch for and may take time to resolve. While experts acknowledge risks such as bias and access disparities, they foresee AI-driven assessments reshaping education by tailoring tests to individual needs and promoting deeper learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

While many of the current discussions about AI in education tend to focus on macro-level logistical concerns like plagiarism, its potential impact on equity and inclusion demands equal attention. Generative AI will likely drive the conversation about innovative practices for the foreseeable future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2025

This used to mean limiting access to the internet, blocking websites, and layering rules upon rules hoping (vainly) students would be discouraged from using an infinite and fascinating resource. It didnt work. How do you teach kindergarteners to beware of the digital neighborhood, the home of Legoland and virtual pets?

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

Additionally, faculty members might encounter a learning curve as they integrate AI into their instructional approaches, while the fear of increased plagiarism by students is a valid concern. Could it create an opportunity for cheating, plagiarism and hallucinations? Right now, there are worries about generative AI.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Let students see. “The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2024

Thus, opting for an online Graph Maker allows you to access pre-designed templates, making the creation process much smoother. No Plagiarism Plagiarism is a critical concern in academic writing, and being implicated in such practices you can face potentially dire repercussions.

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Assignments Plagiarism Essay Attention 158

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

McKenzie, of the University of Waterloo, says that her university blocks access to the IP addresses of some term paper sites, for instance. Using software to check for contract cheating Companies that have long made tools to check for plagiarism have recently introduced products designed to check for contract cheating.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls.

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Lab to Class

MAY 10, 2024

Plagiarism in the classroom is when students try to turn in an assignment that they did not write. This is unequivocal plagiarism as they are passing off work they did not write as if it was their own. How AI Language Models are used to Plagiarize Papers The new technology is incredible.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Shadows of plagiarism and accusations from higher-ed faculty that it enabled cheating stalked the company’s early years. If we do our jobs right, if we add more value in every quarter, every year, to this subscription … that provides more quality, more access, more value at the same cost to students.” Course Hero was founded in 2006.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

But there’s a method to the all new devices, features and curriculum updates, say company officials: to reinforce Microsoft’s position in the education market with tools that make learning more affordable and accessible. A new integration with Turnitin will also make it easier to check assignments for plagiarism with one click in Teams.

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Curriculum Plagiarism Assignments Fairness 155

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In some cases that means asking students to grant access to the version history of a document in a system like Google Docs, and in others it involves turning to new web browser extensions that have been created for just this purpose.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Though they claim answers are not copied word for word, this raises concerns about plagiarism, quality of content, and ‘dumbing down’ our art. These can’t be answered yet, but are on writer’s minds. I’ll keep an eye on them, let you know when/if something significant develops.

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