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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

Cal Matters

Turnitin, a longtime leader in the plagiarism-detection market, released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments. Most of these campuses have licensed Turnitin’s plagiarism detector since 2014.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Lecturing at the front of the room allows reluctant students to disengage easily, especially if they don’t understand what you’re teaching (and they’re not likely to ask questions about it). Shift to a student-centered classroom It’s no secret that teacher-centered classrooms are on the way out in the 21st century.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. He has lectured internationally at the Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Tourismo in Estoril, Portugal. Plagiarize-proof your writing assignments: Faculty focus. References Alex Monceaux. 2019, July 17).

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Are Algorithmically-Generated Term Papers the Next Big Challenge to Academic Integrity?

Edsurge

And the service boasts that its results are “plagiarism free,” meaning they won’t be flagged by plagiarism-detection services. A World of Spin A few years ago, Chris Sadler was working as a lecturer at Middlesex University, in Britain, when he noticed some strange phrases popping up in student work.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. He has lectured internationally at the Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Tourismo in Estoril, Portugal. Plagiarize-proof your writing assignments: Faculty focus. References Alex Monceaux. 2019, July 17).

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

Edsurge

He sees the growing adoption of automated proctoring tools as a continuation of a trend started by plagiarism-detection services like Turnitin, which he says were built on the assumption that students want to cheat and must be policed. But despite early pushback by students and some professors, plagiarism detection has become ubiquitous.

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Course Hero Makes First Acquisition Since Joining Unicorn Club

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Initial growth came as a repository for students to share course specific material such as tests, quizzes, study guides and lecture notes. Shadows of plagiarism and accusations from higher-ed faculty that it enabled cheating stalked the company’s early years. Course Hero was founded in 2006. to $40 per month.