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. Replace accusatory language in syllabi with language that supports student learning. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism 120

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 120

Lab to Class

MAY 10, 2024

Plagiarism in the classroom is when students try to turn in an assignment that they did not write. However, with the advent of AI language models that can write completely unique papers for students, how can a teacher know if a paper is plagiarized when traditional plagiarism checkers fail?

Plagiarism 52

Plagiarism Essay Teachers Assignments 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

The company’s website was written in Chinese and marketed to students who did not speak English as their first language. Using software to check for contract cheating Companies that have long made tools to check for plagiarism have recently introduced products designed to check for contract cheating.

Plagiarism 156

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 156

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

plagiarism. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. cyberbullying. digital commerce. digital communications.

Internet 158

Internet Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Writing 158

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MARCH 22, 2021

plagiarism. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. cyberbullying. digital commerce. digital communications.

Blended Learning 158

Blended Learning Teaching Learning Internet 158

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. Replace accusatory language in syllabi with language that supports student learning. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2025

Over the past three years, I have seen my students gaps in knowledge regarding Internet use and other basic digital skills as a serious and overlooked problem. We were taught not to plagiarize and to cite our sources. To my surprise, I was shocked at my students' low levels of tech and Internet literacy.

Internet 142

Internet Schools Students Plagiarism 142

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots must navigate a vast array of academic subjects, making it crucial to address bias and ensure the accuracy of information embedded in their knowledge base. This challenge tests the user’s ability to understand and transcribe spoken language, a task that is difficult for bots.

Academic Integrity 135

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

With its impressive ability to understand human language, it is clear that ChatGPT can be leveraged in optimizing assessment and evaluation in higher education. 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.”

Education 116

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2015

George Orwell lamented in his 1946 essay “ Politics and the English Language , that: “Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.”. plagiarism. plagiarism. punctuation.

Plagiarism 91

Plagiarism Essay English Writing 91

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 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

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 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

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. The original tech: language. Experimentation.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

In cyberspace, students are confronted often–if not daily–with questions regarding cyberbullying, digital privacy, digital footprints, plagiarism, and more. But it turns out too often, no one is tasked with providing that knowledge. An important part of succeeding in core classes is understanding the language.

Teachers 129

Teachers Plagiarism History Math 129

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. For the most part, these concerns are rooted in a cultural orientation that frames knowledge as property. How do I teach in a world where everyone has a calculator for everything?

Academic Integrity 98

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. For the most part, these concerns are rooted in a cultural orientation that frames knowledge as property. How do I teach in a world where everyone has a calculator for everything?

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

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. The original tech: language. Experimentation.

Plagiarism 111

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

With its impressive ability to understand human language, it is clear that ChatGPT can be leveraged in optimizing assessment and evaluation in higher education. 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.”

Education 98

Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots must navigate a vast array of academic subjects, making it crucial to address bias and ensure the accuracy of information embedded in their knowledge base. This challenge tests the user’s ability to understand and transcribe spoken language, a task that is difficult for bots.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2024

For example, our pre-service teachers are learning how to use AI programs, such as Mizou and Reading Coach to create lesson plans, to learn how to reach their English language learners, and how to create hands-on activities that allow students to apply what they have learned.

Intelligence 101

Intelligence Education Plagiarism Writing 101

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Universities have been deciding how to deal with AI and producing the corresponding policies, mostly responding to plagiarism concerns. All the improvements the bot suggested consisted of rephrasing the language in the questions, the explanation given for the change was always the same: “Improved clarify and specificity of the question.”

Multiple Choice Questions 111

Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 111

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JUNE 23, 2020

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for needs. plagiarism. plagiarism.

Authentic Assessment 92

Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Internet Writing 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

plagiarism. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. cyberbullying. digital commerce. digital communications.

Blended Learning 109

Blended Learning Teaching Learning Internet 109

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2024

For example, our pre-service teachers are learning how to use AI programs, such as Mizou and Reading Coach to create lesson plans, to learn how to reach their English language learners, and how to create hands-on activities that allow students to apply what they have learned.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Education Plagiarism Writing 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Several students thought an Associated Press piece was plagiarized because they saw it printed in multiple news sources and couldn’t identify the author. One challenge of this question is that it requires students to have some knowledge of different political perspectives on the topic.

Teaching 130

Teaching Evaluation Discussions Plagiarism 130

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JULY 24, 2020

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for needs. plagiarism. plagiarism.

Authentic Assessment 96

Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Instructors Internet 96

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Teachers will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, and publish digitally. plagiarism. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. cyberbullying. digital commerce.

Internet 105

Internet Authentic Assessment Writing Plagiarism 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Additionally, non-native English speakers and students with language and learning disabilities often turn to these tools to support their thinking, communication, and learning. Need to prove their knowledge to you in another way (e.g., 2023) – making ChatGPT a plagiarism machine! Will they automatically fail the assignment?

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). References Bender, Stuart Marshall. Changing English , (2024), 1–14. doi:10.1080/1358684X.2024.2309995.

Intelligence 128

Intelligence Critical Thinking Learning Assignments 128

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

But with this whole wave of ChatGPT and all these large language models and natural language processing, we're now able to process these 5,000 questions and improve them and find out which ones are the best that we can actually then take and use in our course instead of just throwing them blindly back into the course.

Testing 123

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 123

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Most digital writing tools offer limited assistance: they check for plagiarism, allow a student to track changes, or offer the ability to add comments. From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision.

Feedback 132

Feedback Peer Review Beliefs Writing 132

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Universities have been deciding how to deal with AI and producing the corresponding policies, mostly responding to plagiarism concerns. All the improvements the bot suggested consisted of rephrasing the language in the questions, the explanation given for the change was always the same: “Improved clarify and specificity of the question.”

Multiple Choice Questions 97

Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 97

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Yet, many college assignments lack the opportunity for students to construct knowledge with others.

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Yet, many college assignments lack the opportunity for students to construct knowledge with others.

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

plagiarism. Be comfortable in your knowledge of all facets of digital citizenship. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. cyberbullying. digital commerce. digital communications.

Blended Learning 90

Blended Learning Learning Internet Authentic Assessment 90

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for needs. plagiarism. plagiarism.

Plagiarism 80

Plagiarism Internet Fairness Instructors 80

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is combined with Large Language Models (LLMs) which collect extensive data from various sources, including Wikipedia, public forums, and programming-related websites like Q&A sites and tutorials. While it is a powerful language model, it may not have accurate information beyond 2021 due to its knowledge cutoff.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98