Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Some departments have made tests take-home or open-note, and some have scrapped tests entirely in favor of essays, projects and other assignments that can be done over time. Ethics and Surveillance Ironically, Olsen says he created Proctorio because he felt that the remote proctoring services employing humans were too creepy and invasive.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

This aligns with the broader movement to ensure ethical development and use of AI while promoting human-centered learning experiences. However, the emphasis on human teachers could limit the exploration of AI tools that might support ethical education practices.

Ethics 110

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

This aligns with the broader movement to ensure ethical development and use of AI while promoting human-centered learning experiences. However, the emphasis on human teachers could limit the exploration of AI tools that might support ethical education practices.

Ethics 109

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 109

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a comparison of student English essays by NS and NNS of French origin, Granger and Tyson (1996) found that NNS were far less likely to use a term such as “instead” in their writing. Ma and Wang (2016) compared essays written in English by British and American students to essays written in English by Cantonese students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The milestone included three types of essays: informative, argumentative and narrative. My students were writing one essay a week, and I was collecting them in a Google Drive folder. If I could see a student’s scores trend upwards, it meant something to me, even if it wasn’t a passing score.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 133

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While some educators rightfully voice concerns over the ethical aspects of such a tool, this article will draw on my own experiences using ChatGPT 4.0 ” (Personal communication with ChatGPT 4.0 as a tool in research project supervision. on December 28, 2023.)

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Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 128

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a comparison of student English essays by NS and NNS of French origin, Granger and Tyson (1996) found that NNS were far less likely to use a term such as “instead” in their writing. Ma and Wang (2016) compared essays written in English by British and American students to essays written in English by Cantonese students.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

The worriers of academia envision a dystopia where students outsource thinking and creativity; where intellectual property theft and plagiarism unchecked and undetectable will lead to a generation of writers with no syntax mojo or ability to communicate without generative assistance.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, an assistant professor of communication and psychology at Aalborg University in Denmark, says whenever she wants to kick-start a class discussion on persuasive design, she starts with examples of how that retailer guides its customers. We should understand the ethical frameworks around those technologies.

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Ethics Study Essay Fairness 149

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Participation in community science undertakings allows these groups to become more acquainted with these nuanced features of scientific research. Popularizing Science Citizen science projects have been instrumental in communicating the importance of scientific research to both students and community members.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

The worriers of academia envision a dystopia where students outsource thinking and creativity; where intellectual property theft and plagiarism unchecked and undetectable will lead to a generation of writers with no syntax mojo or ability to communicate without generative assistance.

Plagiarism 110

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While some educators rightfully voice concerns over the ethical aspects of such a tool, this article will draw on my own experiences using ChatGPT 4.0 ” (Personal communication with ChatGPT 4.0 as a tool in research project supervision. on December 28, 2023.)

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Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 105

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Name other areas outside of school and college admissions where taking multiple choice exams and writing short, formulaic essays that are graded in 1-2 minutes are a regular part of life. “In “Test-taking is no one’s idea of fun, but it is part of life.” In the ultracompetitive global economy, the U.S. Your thoughts? Related Posts.

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Testing Essay Exams Critical Thinking 107

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

ChatGPT was just the first in a wave of new AI tools designed to mimic human communication via text. It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

ChatGPT was just the first in a wave of new AI tools designed to mimic human communication via text. It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, after completing a reading or watching a lecture, students can be assigned reflective essays where they critically analyze the content, connect it to real-world examples, and express their own perspectives. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, instructing in the communication discipline.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As part of the recent rush to comment on ChatGPT, this article is not weighing in on the ongoing ethical debates, nor is it offering a comprehensive how-to guide, but rather simply sharing one professor’s initial use of the AI tool and how it successfully accomplished the learning objectives and expectations for one course assignment.

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Assignments History Art Ethics 124

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, after completing a reading or watching a lecture, students can be assigned reflective essays where they critically analyze the content, connect it to real-world examples, and express their own perspectives. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, instructing in the communication discipline.

Active Learning 96

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication. It’s about writing, communicating, sharing, perspective-taking, and collaboration. Cyber-bullying. How to search. Plagiarism. Classroom suggestions.

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Activities Schools Ethics Writing 88

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When ChatGPT was first released, questions swirled around higher ed about it stoking an increase in plagiarism, promoting a lack of critical thinking, and what the future would hold for classic functions like the college admission essay. But with AI in schools, that is simply not the case. AI could transform tutoring.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Instead of writing an essay on climate change, a student might create a short documentary and post it on YouTube. This not only boosts engagement but also teaches students how to communicate ideas clearly to an audience, a skill theyll need in almost any career. They have policies around ethical sharing and conduct.

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Online Learning Ethics Education Learning 52

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Venet explains that unconditional positive regard is a stance that communicates this message to students: “I care about you. ” The concept was introduced to psychotherapy by Carl Rogers in the 1960s and applied to education by Alfie Kohn in a 2005 essay called Unconditional Teaching. You have value.

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Attention Coaching Teachers Essay 52

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Barry says positive words such as ‘helpful’ and ‘good listening’ and ‘I am acting with ethics’ when he tells me I act with quality,” she says. “If

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Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

Example prompt: “Give constructive, strengths-based feedback on a 9th grade argumentative essay about climate change, using the NYS ELA rubric.” Help me outline a DBQ essay with four body paragraphs, each tied to a primary source.) Why it matters : Prompt engineering enables adaptive, student-centered teaching at scale.

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Ethics Teachers Essay Feedback 224

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

. … Even before they came here, it was a process of communicating to students what the value set was. If you believe as I do that the cost of higher education is an ethical problem, not just a financial one, then with a clear conscience we can't build a university that's amenities-oriented. Will you have any of those things?

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Culture Intellectual Development Attention Essay 168