Marketplace Tech Teaching students to 'be better than a robot'
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Jan 15, 2026 Christy Gerdhary, an associate teaching professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Babson College, tackles the challenges of integrating AI in education. She discusses the pressing concerns of cheating through AI tools and how they impact student integrity. Gerdhary advocates for students to 'be better than a robot' by reframing assignments to incorporate AI creatively while emphasizing critical thinking. She shares innovative classroom projects that highlight human creativity, demonstrating that personal expression remains irreplicable by machines.
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Detectors Can Replicate Biases
- AI detectors can reproduce biases and flag marginalized students more often.
- Values-based approaches help educators navigate ethical and equity trade-offs around AI.
Teach Students To Outwork The Bot
- Do teach students prompt craft and distinguish good outputs from bad ones.
- Do require students to label AI contributions and show original thinking to outperform bots.
Design Assignments To Reveal Contribution
- Try structured assignments that require students to color-code which parts came from them versus the bot.
- Try asking students to produce something AI cannot generate to push original thinking.