“Integrity isn’t about catching cheaters—it’s about creating a culture where shortcuts don’t make sense.”
“First-year writing isn’t just a requirement—it’s where students discover how to think independently.”
In this 29th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, Shane and Tricia explore the pressures students face in foundational writing courses and the challenges of maintaining academic integrity in the face of ever-changing AI tech. The keys, they conclude, are to amplify human connection, develop new ideas of authorship versus assistance, and cultivating critical thinking through genuine engagement.
Shane Shukis is a Continuing Lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Riverside
Resource
Mahowald, Kyle, Ivanova, Anna, et al. "Dissociating Language and Thought in Large Language Models," 23 March 2024, arXiv, 2023, arxiv.org/abs/2301.06627.
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