Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice. The hope is that new AI tools will allow for replacing many multiple-choice exercises in online textbooks with fill-in-the-blank or essay questions.

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Learning Textbooks Essay Ethics 205

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

And what it takes to make these products effective, and how to boost student learning equitably and ethically, remains an ongoing debate. We have a discussion at Pearson about this shift in society from a digital desert to a digital ocean,” said John Behrens, vice president of advanced computing and data science at Pearson.

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Essay Education Learning Ethics 167

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JULY 14, 2023

Wilson: an influential biologist and conservationist who promoted citizen science initiatives such as the “School of Ants” Margaret and Geoffrey Leaney: husband-and-wife team who developed methods for rearing insects Are you interested? This is where citizen science comes in.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) Lessons From This 'Golden Age' of Learning Science Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn.

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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.

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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.

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Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

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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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Now, the risk includes theft from technology: if AI produced knowledge (such as a ChatGPT produced essay) gets passed off as a student’s, that student has stolen from the AI.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. Now, the risk includes theft from technology: if AI produced knowledge (such as a ChatGPT produced essay) gets passed off as a student’s, that student has stolen from the AI.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

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 However, this integration comes with the responsibility of acknowledging the use of ChatGPT in research methodologies, ensuring ethical compliance and transparency in academic practices.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. It may be a Canva templates, Storyboard That!,

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Once educators are comfortable with this step, Dembo introduces a faux student essay relevant to the lesson plan, to show educators how the AI can grade the paper on the rubric and provide feedback — an end-to-end process that could save time, and drudgery. “It’s important to show them that this is a chat engine, that it is malleable.

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Coaching Teachers Schools Ethics 148

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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Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission. Instructors then provided final critiques, focusing on argumentation over mechanics.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 92

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Clearly, science fiction robots are so much more than machines.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

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 However, this integration comes with the responsibility of acknowledging the use of ChatGPT in research methodologies, ensuring ethical compliance and transparency in academic practices.

Ethics 110

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Languages 110

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission. Instructors then provided final critiques, focusing on argumentation over mechanics.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Clearly, science fiction robots are so much more than machines.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here are a few assessment strategies that fit the above criteria: Student demonstrations : Students can conduct science experiments, write short stories, create models and prototypes, and perform plays based on scripts they wrote. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. Writing assignments provide students with a structured platform to express their thoughts, ideas, and insights.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. Writing assignments provide students with a structured platform to express their thoughts, ideas, and insights.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Looked I’m working on a National Science Foundation grant and related to AI and one of the things one of the researchers said this morning is when we design AI algorithms. Kevin Hogan In in AI and what it means to write a hundred word essay as well as just kind of the bigger the bigger picture ramifications. What is cheating.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. It may be a Canva templates, Storyboard That!,

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 122

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?

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of traditional reporting through oral presentations or written essays, they can be given the chance to present it through a poem, sketch, story, song, painting, mind map, or cartoon. Keep ethics as the moral compass in these conversations to guide them to make appropriate decisions when using such tools.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

YouTube is being used to host student-made explainer videos, book reviews, and science experiments. Instead of writing an essay on climate change, a student might create a short documentary and post it on YouTube. Instead of giving a science presentation, they could make a series of infographics on Canva and post to Instagram.

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Online Learning Ethics Education Learning 52

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

” 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’re allowed to have struggles, but that is never going to invalidate your worth, and it’s never going to invalidate my care for you.”

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Attention Coaching Teachers Essay 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

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. I said, “I'm just describing what I think he's trying to do.

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Art Science Reading Failure 207

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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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2024

While AI offers promising enhancements to education, ethical and safety implications give many parents pause. On the other hand, only one-fourth (25%) of parents with children ages 5 and up are very confident teachers will be able to identify assignments or essays produced by AI. The Society is awarding a total of $326,000 in funding.

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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 182

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

For Infante, the senior in Taubmans class, AI has helped spark a love for computer science and deepened his understanding of coding. Through Taubmans class, students are also identifying how AI increases the demand for skills that require human emotion, such as empathy and ethics.

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