Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

Dan Wolgamott, of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, proposed a bill that would forbid campuses in the Minnestate State College and University System from using AI “as the primary instructor for a credit-bearing course.” Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) The measure has stalled for now.

Teachers 217

Teachers Education Instructors Language 217

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 110

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being.

Ethics 110

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 110

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2023

More than 2,000 people attended at least part of the event, according to lead organizer Johnny Chang, an incoming grad student at Stanford University, with 90 percent of participants indicating they teach at colleges or schools. It was the latest example of how AI is turning things upside down in education.

Ethics 148

Ethics Essay Teachers Academic Integrity 148

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

One reason boils down to a technicality: such research usually requires the approval of a college’s Institutional Review Board, or IRB, the office that makes sure any research involving human subjects follows legal and ethical guidelines. A new effort announced today hopes to ease that bureaucratic burden.

Teaching 167

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Ethics 167

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Belhaven faculty will teach the courses, while Moe plans to serve as an adjunct instructor and participate in virtual office hours for students, along with other members of GSV. Moe hopes that emphasis on ethics will help differentiate the new curriculum from what’s offered in MBA programs elsewhere. “It

Ethics 139

Ethics Beliefs Instructors Knowledge 139

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2019

About 30 students, most from Davidson but a few from five partner colleges including Mount Holyoke College—participated in the six-week program this summer. One of the program’s instructors, in fact, had experience teaching for a commercial coding bootcamp. Like many bootcamps, classes ran from 9 a.m.

Art 167

Art Instructors English Ethics 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

However, this emphasis should not detract from the primary mission of educational institutions: to ethically develop and realize both individual and socio-cultural potentialities. Using data to drive interventions is fundamentally an ethical enterprise.

Ethics 146

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 146

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., Flexible participation options: Allow students to choose how they engage, including online discussion boards, written reflections, video reflections, or in-class individual or group work. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Professors and graduate instructors spend increased energy on emotional labor with struggling undergraduates who are also expected to proceed with “business as usual.” In the midst of that tension, we witnessed and participated in the grassroots, global movement for equality and racial justice that swelled during 2020.

STEM 211

STEM Motivation Laboratory Science 211

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2021

during the 2020-2021 school year, one of these students is bound to be on the same social media platform as their college instructors or university administrators. The key is to have a consistent presence and be ready to respond as students participate. With the estimated 19.7 Authenticity is also essential, and expected.

Reading 182

Reading Secondary Education Ethics Activities 182

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Over multiple semesters, more than 2,000 students voluntarily participated in IRB-approved surveys and follow-up interviews. Dr. Tony Zhang from Gies College of Business offered perspective on AI, ChatBot technology, and ethical academic support tools. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 53

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge. It allows participants right from young children to retirees to participate in important scientific work.

Science 144

Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

Instructors 110

Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

Instructors 105

Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 105

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. The instructor found some luck from sources like the Bureau of Reclamation and other government websites, but some lessons were more challenging.

Textbooks 122

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., Flexible participation options: Allow students to choose how they engage, including online discussion boards, written reflections, video reflections, or in-class individual or group work. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use. Learners will have the autonomy to guide their own learning experiences, marking a departure from instructor-mediated programs.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Blockchain credentials are currently “a solution in search of a problem,” says Kevin Werbach, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. “If Not everyone is sold on this vision, though. Artists and musicians, what can we learn from them?” Students could get in on the action, too.

Education 196

Education Ethics Internet Exams 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Though social robots, like Saya, have been greeted with enthusiasm by students, researchers are taking a more critical stance regarding the ethics of introducing them as teachers. Even when sophisticated robots are constructed, the ethical questions surrounding their implementation might just be compelling enough to keep education human. .

Ethics 87

Ethics Intelligence English Attention 87

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

They are not actively participating in their own education. This cause-effect relationship between the outcomes of the course and their work ethic is worth spending time on in class. The best student goals have little to do with the instructors. Responsibility.

Writing 116

Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Faculty were paid a small stipend for their participation. For instance, because ethical communication is a general education learning goal at CSUF, I can partner with our GE Assessment Committee to gauge students’ achievement of this goal before and after faculty integrate responsible AI-use curricula into their classes.

Learning 115

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 115

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Faculty were paid a small stipend for their participation. For instance, because ethical communication is a general education learning goal at CSUF, I can partner with our GE Assessment Committee to gauge students’ achievement of this goal before and after faculty integrate responsible AI-use curricula into their classes.

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Here, two media instructors inform the debate to help educators tackle topics such as partisan sources, personal bias and the tools that will help set students up for success. Pandora's Headset: The Ethics of VR in Education : From virtual bullying to excessive data collection, virtual reality’s dark side may be larger than supposed.

Ethics 111

Ethics Intelligence Art Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As a result, the instruction undergoes constant refinement, ensuring that students are not just passive recipients but active participants in their learning journey. Ethical considerations, especially concerning data privacy and equity, must be at the forefront of any AI adoption strategy.

Intelligence 122

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

She calls technology the biggest experiment on a developing child’s brain without an ethical review board. If an instructor is using Flipd during a lecture, he or she can see how many students have activated the app, and at which point during the lesson students exited Flipd to check something on their phone.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Mobile Devices Ethics Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As a result, the instruction undergoes constant refinement, ensuring that students are not just passive recipients but active participants in their learning journey. Ethical considerations, especially concerning data privacy and equity, must be at the forefront of any AI adoption strategy.

Intelligence 110

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. But I think we're starting to see more and more data, and it’s become more precise, and there are things that students can do to actually engage with the data and become captains of their own ship, or at least participate in their own rescue.

Peer Review 106

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 106

Faculty Focus

MAY 8, 2025

However, this trend can be mitigated when the direct supervisor demonstrates ethical leadership (Young et al., A student may be gaslighted by their instructor who belittles their contributions, ignores their requests, or grades them unfairly. Towards understanding workplace incivility: gender, ethical leadership and personal control.

Ethics 59

Ethics Education Instructors Discussions 59

Faculty Focus

MAY 8, 2025

However, this trend can be mitigated when the direct supervisor demonstrates ethical leadership (Young et al., A student may be gaslighted by their instructor who belittles their contributions, ignores their requests, or grades them unfairly. Towards understanding workplace incivility: gender, ethical leadership and personal control.

Ethics 57

Ethics Education Instructors Discussions 57

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Over multiple semesters, more than 2,000 students voluntarily participated in IRB-approved surveys and follow-up interviews. Dr. Tony Zhang from Gies College of Business offered perspective on AI, ChatBot technology, and ethical academic support tools. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use. Learners will have the autonomy to guide their own learning experiences, marking a departure from instructor-mediated programs.

Gamification 130

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A professor or educator can spend a lecture or semester teaching the curriculum, but if you ask ChatGPT what the biggest takeaways from the war are, it’s possible and likely a learner is provided with even more context and historical facts via the chatbot than what is possible for an instructor to cover from a set curriculum.

Plagiarism 130

Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

k12 Online Schools

MARCH 6, 2025

Participating in an online school can help students develop skills in self-discipline and time management. In an online school, students can often receive personalized feedback from instructors to enhance their learning experience. Hands-on activities are another fundamental aspect of experiential education.

Hybrid Learning 52

Hybrid Learning STEM Learning Styles Critical Thinking 52

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

What came back was a flood of responses with dozens of approaches, showing that this audience was putting plenty of thought and care on how to encourage students to participate and succeed online and on campus. Later, Stanford University philosopher of education Nel Noddings extended it into a broader ethical concept.

Ethics 168

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

And when you looked around for the teacher, s/he was calmly sitting in the back, observing, taking it all in but not participating? Through this process, with subtle guidance from the instructor, students learn to teach themselves. Students don’t consume; they create, participate, and gain a deeper understanding of the topic.

Beliefs 139

Beliefs Lecturing Critical Thinking Discussions 139

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

–Tiago Costa, Cloud & AI Architect, Microsoft; Pearson Video Lesson Instructor In the two years since GenAI was unleashed, K-12 leaders have ridden the wave of experimentation and uncertainty about the role this transformative technology should have in classrooms and districts.

Communication 356

Communication Skills Reading Science 356