The Tyranny of Learning Objectives

Reviving academic integrity: Part II - What even is cheating, and why shouldn't we do it?

In Part I of this post, which began as a review of the new book The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, I summarized some strategies for designing away the conditions that lead some students to cheat. Just as drivers might bend the rules of

Reviving academic integrity: Part I - Dishonesty as a Design Challenge

When I first saw the announcement that Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A Rettinger were putting out a new book called The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, I immediately thought about reviewing it here. Based on the title alone, it addresses one of the

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Going old school with oral exams

Oral exams have been proposed as a solution to AI-assisted plagiarism. Adding that interpersonal dimension of oral communication can result in more durable learning and a greater feeling of satisfaction, a perception of meaningful growth. That means that we as educators might enjoy them more too.

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Chasing the Dream of a Good Discussion

Discussion is an opportunity for students to practice communicating with each other and weighing judgments or proposed actions together, as they must if they are going to be citizens of a democracy. So discussion might be the single most important skill a student can learn in college.