The chapter delves into the challenges faced by faculty in maintaining academic integrity, particularly in the context of AI tools and plagiarism detectors. It discusses the evolving perception around using technology to ensure integrity in learning processes, highlighting the cognitive dissonance felt by educators as they balance the need for integrity in their classrooms with the necessity of preparing students for a world where AI is prevalent. It emphasizes the importance of integrating AI into education while maintaining academic learning outcomes.
C. Edward Watson talks about thinking with and about AI on episode 517 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Where will things be 2 and a half years? And how do you prepare students for that world that’s rapidly evolving?
-Eddie Watson
You must use AI as a starting point in the real world.
-Eddie Watson
Even the best tool on the market says that it gets it wrong one out of 20 times. You know, there’s a false positive. It’ll accuse a student of cheating who did not cheat with AI. And that’s the best in show tool.
-Eddie Watson
There are so many ethical concerns within this space just around AI detection.
-Eddie Watson