eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

These include plagiarism (20 percent), insufficient training on AI education tools (15 percent), the potential to spread misinformation (13 percent), and reduced human interaction in learning (12 percent). The survey also revealed a range of teacher concerns about AI in education.

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STEM Ethics Beliefs Plagiarism 214

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Once imagined only in science fiction, artificial intelligence now powers much of the technology we interact with every day—from smart home devices to cognitive assistants to media recommenders. Many teachers and education leaders select and use AI-powered tools despite little background in computer science or artificial intelligence.

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Ethics Intelligence Education Plagiarism 217

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 167

Plagiarism Writing Grades Instructors 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In the afternoon we will connect a number of blended learning and ‘science of learning’ strategies to this redesign work. We also will peek inside some deeper learning schools around the country to see how they’re approaching this instructional design work.

Ethics 52

Ethics Teachers Plagiarism Critical Thinking 52

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.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. When we enter similar prompts into an AI essay generator, we notice extensive use of identical phrases.

Essay 145

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

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.

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Teachers Plagiarism Internet Intelligence 165

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.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Sortd is a tool for people who like to organize things into lists, said science teacher JR Ginex-Orinion.

Essay 167

Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

Regardless of the course (science, history, or literature), every student has to prepare a research document at some point or the other. Using a free plagiarism checker or other digital tools help you ensure the originality of your work. They are similar to essays but usually more detailed and longer.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Study 158

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

Coursera, Andela, Degreed, A Cloud Guru and Lambda School all offer courses tailored for people who want to pick up new professional skills (usually involving programming and computer science). The biggest acquisition in the first half of 2019 goes to Turnitin, the company best known for its anti-plagiarism software that was acquired for $1.75

Exams 165

Exams Plagiarism History Educational Technologies 165

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. The AI generated content by-passes common plagiarism screening tools like Grammarly or SafeAssign. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

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?

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Class Tech Tips

MAY 8, 2025

In the afternoon we will connect a number of blended learning and science of learning strategies to this redesign work. We also will peek inside some deeper learning schools around the country to see how theyre approaching this instructional design work.

Ethics 103

Ethics Teachers Plagiarism Critical Thinking 103

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? Examining science education in ChatGPT: An exploratory study of generative artificial intelligence. Journal of Science Education and Technology , 32(4), 444452. References Anthology. link] Cooper, G.

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Ethics Plagiarism Education Intelligence 107

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?

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

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. Students who did not receive high scores were required to discuss it with me personally, similar to what I do when teaching old-fashioned plagiarism.

Academic Integrity 116

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

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. This isn’t just for writing, though. Student Choice.

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Teachers Plagiarism History Math 139

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 158

Teachers Plagiarism Writing Intelligence 158

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

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. Students who did not receive high scores were required to discuss it with me personally, similar to what I do when teaching old-fashioned plagiarism.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2025

The school where I teach science is nestled in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, mere miles from the sprawling campuses of X, Meta and Google. I struggle with how much class time I should dedicate to developing these crucial skills versus the science practices and ideas I am obligated and trained to teach.

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Internet Schools Students Plagiarism 143

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 244

Essay Study Intelligence Testing 244

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. When we enter similar prompts into an AI essay generator, we notice extensive use of identical phrases.

Essay 98

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These include over-reliance, plagiarism, bias, limited creativity, ethical considerations, accessibility issues, oversimplification, distraction, and dehumanization of the learning experience. Implementing t echnology- b ased d etection: Collaborate with IT to integrate CAPTCHA challenges and plagiarism detection software.

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Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

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). ” Education Sciences 13, no. ” Teach , September, 20-21.

Intelligence 128

Intelligence Critical Thinking Learning Assignments 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2020

Tech tools often seem focused on core classroom subjects like math, science, and history. When students use existing art rather than draw their own (though Lunapic does offer a blank canvas if students want to start from scratch), take the opportunity to discuss copyrights and plagiarism as it applies to artistic works.

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Art Plagiarism Coaching Elementary School 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2017

STEAM–Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math–is education’s new STEM. When students are finished, they have a better idea of the part science plays in unraveling mysteries and whether that’s a career they would enjoy. helps to excel in math and science and choose a career in science and technology.

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Art STEM Math Critical Thinking 109

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. The AI generated content by-passes common plagiarism screening tools like Grammarly or SafeAssign. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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. AI text detectors do not work in the same way that plagiarism checkers do. Academic dishonesty is prohibited in all programs of the University.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

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. AI text detectors do not work in the same way that plagiarism checkers do. Academic dishonesty is prohibited in all programs of the University.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

I wrote a book about plagiarism in which I basically concluded that most of the time, the problem is an educational problem and a motivation problem rather than an enforcement problem. The goal is to create meaningful work that students are engaged in so that they have the tools to achieve what we've asked them to do.

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Exams Motivation Learning Instructors 201

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

The first bucket of products typically boast features like chatbot capability, plagiarism detection and automated essay scoring. But this is an imperfect science. The AI powers through large datasets to produce its results, but there is often no person in the workflow to correct the output of the machine.

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Essay Evaluation Intelligence Plagiarism 132

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Ten Essential Pillars in Artificial Intelligence for University Science Education: A Scoping Review. Information & Learning Science 124 (11/12): 396424. Deroncele-Acosta, Angel, Omar Bellido-Valdiviezo, Mara de los ngeles Snchez-Trujillo, Madeleine Lourdes Palacios-Nez, Hernn Rueda-Garcs, and Jos Gregorio Brito-Garcas.

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Instructors Disabilities Ethics English 110

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

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.” Samuels-White holds a bachelor of science in secondary teacher education (distinction) and a master of arts in curriculum and instruction from Northern Caribbean University (NCU).

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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. Half of College Students Say Using AI on Schoolwork Is Cheating or Plagiarism. References Admin (2023).

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Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 134

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These include over-reliance, plagiarism, bias, limited creativity, ethical considerations, accessibility issues, oversimplification, distraction, and dehumanization of the learning experience. Implementing t echnology- b ased d etection: Collaborate with IT to integrate CAPTCHA challenges and plagiarism detection software.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

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. From a learning science perspective, artificial intelligence can offer opportunities for modeling, or learning, through structured imitation. These concerns are not new.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98