Academic Integrity in a ChatGPT World

Emily Williams
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 Students will be able to

  • Understand academic integrity and the school’s academic honesty policies
  • Explain how the use of technology like ChatGPT may violate academic integrity principles and values. 
  • Identify possible solutions to academic integrity challenges. 

1. Review your school’s academic integrity policy.  

Sample Academic Integrity Policy

2. Research how schools are addressing the use of ChatGPT and its competitors.  Consider what problems they are identifying and what solutions are being proposed and implemented?.

Here are some sources to get you thinking, but feel free to do your own research about aspects that are important to you.

“New York City public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat”

“'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy”

“College student claims app can detect essays written by chatbot ChatGPT”

“ChatGPT: Teachers Weigh In on How to Manage the New AI Chatbot”

“Everything Parents Need to Know About AI and ChatGPT” 

“The CEO Behind ChatGPT Says Schools Need to Get Over Their Cheating Fears. Some Experts Agree.”

“ChatGPT sparks cheating, ethical concerns as students try realistic essay writing technology”

ChatGPT Gives Writing EdTech Its Moment”

3. Choose one of the following prompts and write a short response. 

Identify and and explain a school-based solution you think addresses the academic integrity challenges created by ChatGPT and related technologies. 

Identify and explain a tool or technology solution you think addresses the academic integrity challenges created by ChatGPT and related technologies. 

Identify and explain another solution (students, parents, ???) you think address the academic integrity challenges created by ChatGPT and related technologies. 

Write your answer here. 


 

4. Submit your assignment.  Open the Learnics App to review your data.

5. Answer the question in the Post-Assignment Questions section using your data. 

Looking at all your data, list 2-3 things that surprised you about your online research. If nothing surprised you, what are 2-3 things that you notice about your online research?

6. Create a Bibliography.  Paste it in below. 

 

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