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More on Academic Honesty…

Posted on January 12, 2015 by geoffcain

I have posted on the topic of academic honesty previously here. I know that some of my colleagues have solved this problem or have at least been addressing this since the mid-90s, so it would seem unusual to get a posting … Continue reading →

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Promoting Academic Honesty Online

Posted on October 24, 2014 by geoffcain

#143071328 / gettyimages.com Every semester we deal with questions like “how do you know the person enrolled in the course is the one taking the test?” The instructional designers in Humboldt State University’s College of eLearning & Extended Education often assist faculty  in … Continue reading →

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Promoting Academic Integrity Online

Posted on October 25, 2013 by geoffcain

It happens online and off! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The instructional designers in the College of eLearning & Extended Education can assist you in developing a wide variety of assessment methods that can minimize cheating, promote academic integrity, and increase the … Continue reading →

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Promoting Authentic Learning in the Age of AI

Posted on March 10, 2023 by geoffcain

As an instructional designer and former English teacher, I have mixed feelings about using A.I. to produce school work. If there is a learning outcome that is legitimately met by a particular tool (including AI), then fine – let’s include … Continue reading →

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ChatbotGPT: The New Mechanical Turk

Posted on December 29, 2022 by geoffcain

I am unimpressed with the ChatbotGPT. I asked it to write a sestina, and it could not follow the formula or even write decent rhyming couplets which it used to substitute for the formula for a sestina. It managed to … Continue reading →

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Plagiarism, TurnItIn, and Instructional Design

Posted on June 8, 2012 by geoffcain

Here at College of the Redwoods, we use TurnItIn. TurnItIn is plagiarism detection software. We have it integrated with our learning management system’s assignment tool so all papers that get uploaded to the assignment, get checked by TurnItIn. TurnItIn will … Continue reading →

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20 Things to Do Before Accusing a Student of Plagiarism

Posted on May 17, 2019 by geoffcain

This is not a traditional blog posting for this site. What happened is that I ran into writer and KPU Applied Communications instructor Arley McNeney on Twitter who posted a rapid -fire dozen tweets on addressing plagiarism, TurnItIn, and sound … Continue reading →

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