Catch Them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
This accessible and engaging podcast interview gives instructors (a) helpful perspectives on how they can promote integrity as a means by which to deter cheating and (b) takeaways that they can immediately adopt in their own practices.
Many teachers have attempted to deter cheating with AI by threatening greater consequences. But increased consequences can have a paradoxical effect: The greater the consequences for the cheater, the greater the burden of proof for the accuser. This happened in Boston; minutes after Ruiz was crowned the winner, race officials doubted her surprising results. But the stakes of disqualifying the winner put officials in a state of paralysis; a formal investigation would be required before acknowledging any suspicious behavior.