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 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

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 110

Essay English Lecturing Writing 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 103

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 103

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 103

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 103

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Image Credit: Farhat Ahmad Curriculum Overhaul In 2015, I was hired as a Fulton County School District Learning Architect, which meant I was part of a team tasked with identifying power standards for English Language Arts. The milestone included three types of essays: informative, argumentative and narrative.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 128

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. An English instructor might have students generate visual interpretations of Their Eyes Were Watching God , sparking discussions on symbolism (Hutchison & Woodward, 2014). Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

Faculty Development 87

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 87

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Is it time to admit the unease we feel at ethically teaching technology we ourselves do not use or fully understand? What ethical considerations exist for robots themselves, their electric brains jammed with all that human-made truth and beauty? She teaches in the English Department at The University of Findlay in Ohio.

Plagiarism 115

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 115

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Is it time to admit the unease we feel at ethically teaching technology we ourselves do not use or fully understand? What ethical considerations exist for robots themselves, their electric brains jammed with all that human-made truth and beauty? She teaches in the English Department at The University of Findlay in Ohio.

Plagiarism 106

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 106

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. An English instructor might have students generate visual interpretations of Their Eyes Were Watching God , sparking discussions on symbolism (Hutchison & Woodward, 2014). Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

Faculty Development 67

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 67

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

After two years of researching resiliency expectations in higher education, we are calling on members of the academic community to prioritize processing our grief, while we reflect on and draw strength from our own “pandemic narratives” with an ethic of care in mind. In Lenin and Philosophy and other Essays, 121-176. “Resilience.”

Faculty Development 105

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

After two years of researching resiliency expectations in higher education, we are calling on members of the academic community to prioritize processing our grief, while we reflect on and draw strength from our own “pandemic narratives” with an ethic of care in mind. In Lenin and Philosophy and other Essays, 121-176. “Resilience.”

Faculty Development 83

Faculty Development Coaching Essay Ethics 83

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

English classes may explore storytelling techniques used by influencers and compare them with classical narrative structures. Instead of writing an essay on climate change, a student might create a short documentary and post it on YouTube. They have policies around ethical sharing and conduct.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Ethics Education Learning 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

A culminating experience in AP English asked us to write a paper about any author. I described him as a “listening poet” in an essay and my professor called me in and asked, “Can you tell me more about this?” There's an ethics to it; you're making choices, and those choices have implications. On the science of listening.

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Art Science Reading Failure 207