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Cheating in schools and universities isn’t new, but the game has changed with widespread public access to generative artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Louis Volante of Brock University, Christopher DeLuca of Queen’s University and Don A. Klinger of University of Waikato, New Zealand, write that institutions and educators must now revisit how assessing students intersects with academic integrity and AI.
They write: “While many worry these advanced AI technologies are ushering in a new age of plagiarism and cheating, these technologies also introduce opportunities for educators to rethink assessment practices and engage students in deeper and more meaningful learning that can promote critical thinking skills.”
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Teachers and university professors have relied heavily on “one and done” essay assignments for decades. Requiring students to submit drafts of their work is one needed shift.
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Louis Volante, Brock University; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario; Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato
Educators need to carefully consider ChatGPT and issues of academic integrity to move toward an assessment system that leverages AI tools.
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When ambulances are delayed at overcrowded hospitals because they can’t offload patients, it means they can’t respond to emergency calls and people wait longer for paramedics to arrive.
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Peter Vanberkel, Dalhousie University
Ambulance response times have not always met targets, but the alarming new pinch point in our health-care system is that there are no ambulances at all available to respond to calls.
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The terms Web3 and Web 3.0 are often used interchangeably, but they are different concepts.
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Adrian Ma, Toronto Metropolitan University
Web3 has become a catch-all term for the next iteration of the internet. But what does it mean exactly?
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A global study of urban clover reveals that it is adapting quickly to city life.
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Riikka Kinnunen, Concordia University; Carly Ziter, Concordia University
Animals and plants living in cities are more likely to thrive when they are able to quickly adapt to urban conditions.
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Dans son sixième rapport d’évaluation, le Groupe intergouvernemental d'experts sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC) indique qu’en Antarctique, la température continuera à augmenter et la masse de la calotte glaciaire continuera à diminuer.
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Marta Moreno Ibáñez, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
La fonte de la calotte glaciaire antarctique contribue et contribuera pendant longtemps à l’élévation du niveau de la mer, ce qui va mettre à l’épreuve la capacité d’adaptation de l’humanité.
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Culture + Society
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Yiwen Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University; John Pendlebury, Newcastle University
When buildings with difficult pasts are repurposed, the process often involves navigating between omission and selective remembrance.
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Politics
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Christoph Bluth, University of Bradford
People who get too close to the seat of power in North Korea, including the Supreme Leader’s relatives, have a way of ending up dead.
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Science + Tech
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Michael A. Little, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The idea of a creature like the Loch Ness monster fascinates people. But does the scientific evidence say it’s a prehistoric beast or total fake?
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