Never thought I would find a Texas legal decision good, but I do:
Texas Supreme Court rules that universities can revoke degrees for academic misconduct

https://eu.statesman.com/story/news/education/2023/04/05/texas-supreme-court-colleges-can-void-degrees-for-academic-misconduct/70077784007/

#AcademicIntegrity #AcademicMisconduct

I am undertaking research into attitudes towards and perceptions of contract cheating, within UK-based higher education.

Below is a link to an anonymous survey, which takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. The survey can be taken by #Students or #Teachers / #Lecturers / #Professors / #Tutors / #Instructors or anybody who has taught in some capacity at a UK-based higher educational facility. It does not matter if you reside in the UK, just that you taught / studied at a UK-based institution, no matter how long ago.

This research is for my #MBA #Dissertation and therefore all responses will be extremely helpful.

Thank you in advance for you consideration and participation.

https://mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcBGSIrUma85UV0

#Learning #LearningTechnology #ContractCheating #AcademicMisconduct #AcademicDishonesty #Cheating #EssayMills #PayingForWork #Plagiarism #Research #UK-based #HigherEducation

I just gave a #GenerativeAI workshop for some 300 high-school students in a program of Toronto's Lifelong Leadership Institute. The LLI serves the Candian Jamaican, Carribean and Black community with #education opportunities. We opened with the most meaningful #LandAcknowledgement I have ever heard (by a participant), and I got to have a spirited conversation with a group of wonderful, well informed, smart, and curious students.

Some take-aways:

We polled uptake:
- About 1/3 of students have not used #ChatGPT so far;
- About 1/3 have used it only a few times overall;
- About 1/3 use it regularly. Interesting: of those who use it regularly, the majority are frequent users, i.e. either you have not used it for some reason, or you use it a lot. Not much middle ground.

During the workshop, we focussed on the Sentient Syllabus - Three Principles for AI use in academia...

https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/just-the-basics

... and one question stood out: how can we implement the new thinking around generative AI in classroom practice? Indeed, how. We need to grow practice. I always look for a win-win angle - coercion is the wrong way, but on this topic it is particularly easy: figuring out solutions is absolutely a topic that learners and lecturers must approach shoulder to shoulder. In this case it means: "Better learning support for students, deeper questions for educators".

Of course, the question of #academicMisconduct always comes up: my mantra is "Have the AI think with you, not for you". From that perspective we can avoid making this the next battleground. Liberalize - and teach how the AI's level of performance can no longer be a passing grade. Because that quality is what your future employer gets for free.

#Plagiarism? Open it up. #Alignment? Stop thinking about controls and democratize it instead. #Bing? Yes, that psychotic episode created a foundational piece of writing. Jobs? That's on us: to educate society the value of the human touch. #Sentience? No. But #emergence! It does more than what it was trained for. The future? IDK. I really don't. But stay in control. Learn what it can do, and then determine what it should do for us (always good advice).

:-)

#SentientSyllabus #BlackEducation #HigherED

What are the equity implications Academic Misconduct from use of ChatGPT/AI?

Keep asking myself: Who is likely to be accused of using AI tools for academic misconduct? How will biases/expectations about English or academic language skills play into this?

I"m not seeing this in the discourse much on academic implications of generative AI.

Interesting to see that UBC's Academic Integrity now has a FAQ on ChatGPT/AI.

#AcademicChatter #CHATGpt #AcademicMisconduct

https://academicintegrity.ubc.ca/chatgpt-faq/

So, I gave it just 1 element:

Analyse the following statement of guilt from Biljana Plavsic in terms of gender [full statement given]

Even with the full text and a direct prompt, it still falls well short.

So - complex assessment briefs with multiple elements requiring original thinking and the shift from knowledge to application seem safe... for now.

#ChatGPT #Criminology #AI #ICTY #LAWS10218 #Gender #BiH #AcademicMisconduct

good work in the #AcademicIntegrity world, brought to you by folks like @CCGuerilla, @FourthLineMagic, and @Cathellis.

#AcademicMisconduct #ContractCheating #MakeItSomeonesJob

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/27/the-push-and-pull-of-cheating-at-university-no-one-knows-what-cheating-is-any-more?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Kia Ora. I’m skulking around Mastodon looking for my tribe. I’m a #socialScientist working in #healthscience , specifically #dentaleducation. I research #academicintegrity #ethics and #commercialisation in dentistry, and #clinicaleducation . I’m a #cat lover a #cyclist and #mum to a #teen . Always keen to discuss #academia #academicmisconduct #contractcheating #academicchatter #research. I live in #AotearoaNZ where I enjoy #vanlife in my #campervan . I do #photograhy #landscape #macro

hello 👋 i'm checking out this mastodon place.
looking for my people: #academicintegrity #contractcheating #plagiarism #academicmisconduct #writingstudies #editing #highered #phdlife #phdchat #academicchatter #academicwriting #researchethics

RT @PippiLongsock
Looking for info on students’ views of and experiences with #contractcheating and #filesharing. Hit me with your links #academicintegrity #academicmisconduct #NZTwits #academicchatter

Looking for info on students’ views of and experiences with #contractcheating and #filesharing. Hit me with your links #academicintegrity #academicmisconduct #NZTwits #academicchatter