Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Students regularly shared they were not interested in using a generative intelligence site to complete their work—they were not ready to trust AI with their learning, and more specifically, course grades.

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new. As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. The result was the same, as I could tell students were simply reading from a pre-written source.

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Students regularly shared they were not interested in using a generative intelligence site to complete their work—they were not ready to trust AI with their learning, and more specifically, course grades.

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity.

Academic Integrity

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

These new product launches deliver more AI-powered resources to Quizlet’s 60 million monthly active users, combining cognitive science and artificial intelligence to help students study more effectively and efficiently.

Essay

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.

Teachers

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. In 2014 the company acquired Ephorus, a Europe-based plagiarism detection tool, and Lightside Labs, which provides automated feedback on student writing. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. AI writers seem to have plagiarism issues. Because most plagiarism detection software detects both the unoriginal material and the source, both students may have some explaining to do.

Essay

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Teaching with Technology: Empower and Encourage, Don’t Police and Instill Fear Technology tools like plagiarism detectors and AI checkers can erode trust if used as punitive measures. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? Lets confront the reality: students are using AI.

Ethics

Class Tech Tips

MAY 8, 2025

On Friday, June 6, we will fold artificial intelligence into the mix. In the afternoon we will connect a number of blended learning and science of learning strategies to this redesign work. We hope that you will join us for our June 2025 Teacher Leader Summit in Denver. Individuals are invited but teams are encouraged. Register soon!

Ethics

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2024

In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from previous months: I’ve been blogging for about sixteen years, some professionally (for my tech ed career) and others on topics of interest to me (writing, USNA, and science). That first post– The Edit Block (don’t bother to click through. Then, you get into a rhythm.

Teachers

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Teaching with Technology: Empower and Encourage, Don’t Police and Instill Fear Technology tools like plagiarism detectors and AI checkers can erode trust if used as punitive measures. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. Emotional Intelligence: AI lacks the emotional intelligence and empathy necessary to provide effective support and guidance to students.

Ethics

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. Emotional Intelligence: AI lacks the emotional intelligence and empathy necessary to provide effective support and guidance to students.

Ethics

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

That means new teachers must learn how to teach science, technology, engineering and math on-the-job. In cyberspace, students are confronted often–if not daily–with questions regarding cyberbullying, digital privacy, digital footprints, plagiarism, and more. Student Choice.

Teachers

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the most pressing issues for higher education within the last several years is the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the most pressing issues for higher education within the last several years is the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors.

Academic Integrity

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

You know artificial intelligence has hit mainstream when the elderly grocer at the local supermarket asks how he can get into AI. When I started graduate-level work with machine learning tools at UC Berkeley in 2011, few people outside academia were discussing artificial intelligence. But this is an imperfect science.

Essay

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2025

Introduction Ill be honestgenerative artificial intelligence (genAI) makes me a little uneasy. Recently, I was the closing keynote speaker for a conference and Ethan Mollick (2024), author of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working With AI was the opening keynote speaker. Co-intelligence: Living and working with AI. Mollick, E.

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. AI writers seem to have plagiarism issues. Because most plagiarism detection software detects both the unoriginal material and the source, both students may have some explaining to do.

Essay

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the development of sophisticated conversational systems known as chatbots. These include over-reliance, plagiarism, bias, limited creativity, ethical considerations, accessibility issues, oversimplification, distraction, and dehumanization of the learning experience. Baeldung on Computer Science.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Transformative Pedagogy in the Digital Age: Unraveling the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education Students. Ten Essential Pillars in Artificial Intelligence for University Science Education: A Scoping Review. Ten Essential Pillars in Artificial Intelligence for University Science Education: A Scoping Review.

Instructors

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence tool that was released in November 2022. Our default posture may be to become overly punitive as we exert ourselves in ensuring that those who plagiarize (using ChatGPT) are duly brought to “justice.” Every time I use ChatGPT, I am amazed at its capability.

Education

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. Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too?

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

While ChatGPT seems to have sprung up overnight to dominate current headlines, legislative discussions, and professional debates—ranging from doomsday predictions to practical celebrations related to improved efficiency with menial labor tasks—the introduction of this online Artificial Intelligence (AI) program can be traced back to 2018.

Assignments

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is consuming a growing share of our collective consciousness. I’m taking four courses this term and this is the only time that the impact of AI has been brought up, even though my other courses are computer science and engineering where this technology is going to be most disruptive. Elearnspace.

Minute Papers

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. Hey, as long as we’re post plagiarism, can we be post grading, too?

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Transformative Pedagogy in the Digital Age: Unraveling the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education Students. Ten Essential Pillars in Artificial Intelligence for University Science Education: A Scoping Review. Ten Essential Pillars in Artificial Intelligence for University Science Education: A Scoping Review.

Instructors

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Just take a look at the article, “ Here are the schools and colleges that have banned the use of ChatGPT over plagiarism and misinformation fears ” (Nolan, 2023), and you will find several U.S.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Just take a look at the article, “ Here are the schools and colleges that have banned the use of ChatGPT over plagiarism and misinformation fears ” (Nolan, 2023), and you will find several U.S.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence tool that was released in November 2022. Our default posture may be to become overly punitive as we exert ourselves in ensuring that those who plagiarize (using ChatGPT) are duly brought to “justice.” Every time I use ChatGPT, I am amazed at its capability.

Education

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the development of sophisticated conversational systems known as chatbots. These include over-reliance, plagiarism, bias, limited creativity, ethical considerations, accessibility issues, oversimplification, distraction, and dehumanization of the learning experience. Baeldung on Computer Science.

Academic Integrity

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is consuming a growing share of our collective consciousness. I’m taking four courses this term and this is the only time that the impact of AI has been brought up, even though my other courses are computer science and engineering where this technology is going to be most disruptive. Elearnspace.

Minute Papers

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

You can read about them on the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website (see the section, Teaching with Cases ). There are issues of academic integrity and plagiarism for users (like students) who may offload their work to the tool. Journal of College Science teaching, 27(4), 236-239. What is GenAI? Ekeocha, S.,

Study

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

You can read about them on the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science website (see the section, Teaching with Cases ). There are issues of academic integrity and plagiarism for users (like students) who may offload their work to the tool. Journal of College Science teaching, 27(4), 236-239. What is GenAI? Ekeocha, S.,

Study