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How ChatGPT Can Help Prevent Violations of Academic Integrity

A full article (including a video) describing each aspect of how ChatGPT can help with preventing violations of academic integrity (cheating) is provided in an article I wrote located here: https://brentaanders.medium.com/how-chatgpt-can-help-prevent-violations-of-academic-integrity-99ada37b52dd

What are your thoughts on this or other aspects of ChatGPT and other AI in education? Leave a comment below.

Make any Assignment ChatGPT Resistant & Many Other ChatGPT Resources

The great thing about this #ChatGPT infographic “Make ANY Assignment resistant to ChatGPT,” is that it simply describes a great way to make your course and your assignments, regardless of #AI use, better by being more active and hands-on.

For specific help regarding essay writing and use of ChatGPT AI see the following infographic:

Another very important aspect that must always be developed by both instructors and students is AI Literacy:

For more information and resources deali...

ChatGPT AI in Education: What it is and How to Use it in the Classroom

I recently published a book to help all educators deal with the new technological phenomenon which came about on 30 November 2022 known as ChatGPT by OpenAI (https://chat.openai.com). My book, ChatGPT AI in Education: What it is and How to Use it in the Classroom, available as a paperback or ebook on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/ChatGPT-AI-Edu... covers all of the main aspects of this AI as applied to education. Here is the book’s Table of Contents:

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Educational Trends & Predictions 2023

The following are my (Brent A. Anders, PhD) observations, thoughts, and predictions on the key trends and issues that will be affecting the world of education in general and higher education specifically in the year 2023.

AI will be THE Topic in Education:

The tool, topic, and ramifications of widely available and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) will dominate education. The release of ChatGPT on 30 November 2022 was a historic moment in that it marked the free release of a cutting-ed...

ChatGPT and its Use in Essay Writing Instruction

ChatGPT is a large language model trained by OpenAI. It is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that is designed to generate text based on input from a user. ChatGPT can be used to generate text on a wide range of topics, and it can be customized and fine-tuned to produce text in a specific style or on a specific topic.

How Can the ChatGPT AI Help Instructors Teach Essay Writing

1. ChatGPT can generate text on a given topic, providing students with a starting point for their essays and h...

Lowering Academic Dishonesty in the Classroom

I just had the honor of giving a special presentation as part of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the American University of Armenia on the topic of Academic Integrity. This short article highlights the main aspects of academic integrity by defining it, identifying reasons it is violated, and providing mitigation techniques. By fully comprehending these aspects, instructors and students will gain a better understanding, and academic dishonesty can be greatly reduced in the classroom.   

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Get the Most Out of Your End-of-Course Evals

End-of-course evaluation should never be used as the only course of information regarding the quality of your course or your instruction, but it does provide some valuable insight. Although there are plenty of researchers who question the validity of end-of-course evaluations (Brickman et al., 2016; Marcham et al., 2020), there is also a lot of research that explains that end-of-course evaluations are still worthwhile and when correctly conducted and used, are an excellent source of information ...

How to Succeed on the First Day of Classes – 5 Tips

The first day of classes can often be a challenge for instructors. In light of that, and to help all instructors out, my educational development colleague Syuzanna Sahakyan, M.A., and I (Brent A. Anders, Ph.D.) created the following infographic:

How to Succeed on the First Day of Classes: 5 Tips – the first day of classes really does set the tone for the rest of the semester or school year, so ensuring a good initial first day is crucial. The following useful tips were put together by guid...

Student Centered Active Learning Spectrum

Hello everyone. In an effort to help academia in general, I created this Student Centered Active Learning Spectrum infographic. I am making it freely available so that hopefully it helps us all move away from using a pure lecture class format and instead use more active hands-on learning instructional methodologies.

Benefits of using Active Learning Instructional Techniques

The following benefits of active learning instruction have been identified through numerous research studies in both ...

How to Be a Super Student – Book Summary

This recently published book “How to Be a Super Student” was a culmination of multiple aspects of my academic career. After being an academic for many years and writing several books for instructors, I realized that there was a major scholarly aspect still missing. I had not created a book to specifically address the needs of students in helping them succeed in education.

My main pursuit is to continually work to improve education by addressing teaching and learning. I have done a lot with te...