It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

I've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing:

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

TEQSA just published 'Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence' We describe three pathways to assessment reform: - taking a program-wide approach - assuring learning in every unit/subject - implementing a combination of these approaches www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...

New Chapter with @cathellis13.bsky.social : Degrees of deniability: contract cheating and the value chain of corruption in higher education—experiences from Australia doi.org/10.4337/9781... ... The new Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education is open access...go take a look.

New Chapter with @cathellis13.bsky.social : Degrees of deniability: contract cheating and the value chain of corruption in higher education—experiences from Australia www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o... The new Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education is open access...go take a look.

Full article: A multi-layered evaluation of university-wide education interventions to improve student engagement and retention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

I've been reading The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by Gallant, T. B., & Rettinger, D. A. (2025). I love the premise of this book which contains many generalisable ideas. Maybe it tries to do too much, but if you only read one book on integrity, this could be it!

How AI is cheapening tertiary education at Sydney University

@guycurtis10.bsky.social at #herdsa2025 sharing 20 yr longitudinal study on prevalence of #plagiarism in Australian HE. Most forms of plagiarism are trending downward, student understanding of what is plagiarism is up and they know it is serious. Aligned with ⬆️ mandatory education and training.

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author

Mike Perkins invokes the Swiss Cheese model when discussing programmatic assessment at #ECEAI25

Protip for prospective grad students. Please don't do this: Applicant: Here's my CV. I think I'd be a great fit with your group. Me: But your experience and interests are in a completely different field. Applicant: Thanks for your prompt reply. Can you recommend another prof? #AcademicSky 🧪

And researchers and educators are worried about the security of, perhaps, putting a paper or assignment into ChatGPT 😲

Bahahahahaha!!!

I’ve recently seen people criticise software that allows educators to see the process of students’ writing. I think such programs are great for providing enriched feedback and have the incidental benefit of enhancing assessment security. 1/2

Student-journalist Sena Chang does a great job here discussing allegations of historical plagiarism www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

This study drew on interviews with supervisors in Hong Kong universities and investigated master’s thesis supervision in taught postgraduate programs. Its findings underscore the need to reflect critically on the prevalent narratives of supervision. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Me and countless other authors today…😂

Full article: The two-lane road to hell is paved with good intentions: why an all-or-none approach to generative AI, integrity, and assessment is insupportable www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today I rejected a manuscript from a journal because most of the references appeared to be made up. It’s incredibly annoying that anyone would waste the time of editors and reviewers with this sort of incompetent or fraudulent behaviour.

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted www.science.org/content/arti...

Remember, if the data sleuths are getting uncomfortably close to unravelling your fraud, you can always get people on your side by invoking some alleged human tragedy. This is the gold standard. (I can find no multi-death plane crash anywhere in the world in the month before this e-mail was sent.)

Impressive new study by @ianhussey.bsky.social and colleagues: "An Aberrant Abundance of Cronbach’s Alpha Values at .70" journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Hey fellow writers. You might need this reminder—I did. Take Twitter out of your bio! Take Twitter off your website! Take Twitter off your author page! Take Twitter off your contact page! You’ll find it lingering in odd places, like a belly-up dead roach in the bathtub. Get rid of it.

What the heck is this supposed to mean? Is this equivalent to "task failed successfully"? Whoever designed this error message needs to try again.

Aren't they saying "cite your sources"? How does failure to acknowledge get detected and enforced if "we can't detect it"? It all seems like an inherently self-contradictory position. #academicintegrity 2/2

People who have argued that there should be no limitations on genAI use in student assignments “because we can’t detect it” also say that student should "just do their assignments and acknowledge their AI use". But, if we can’t detect it, what’s the point of the acknowledgement? 1/2

Australian lawyer caught using ChatGPT filed court documents referencing ‘non-existent’ cases

An academic integrity game used in nursing education www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/15...

This is terrifying for scientific and medical research.

Once again asking what problem this technology has solved or is expected to solve to force us to endure this. www.fastcompany.com/91253026/air...

It’s that time of year again. www.facebook.com/100067893716...

I’m hiring! If you’re looking to make a positive impact on students at a critical juncture in their lives, then this is the position for you. Join an amazing team of people who are passionate about #academicintegrity, #studentgrowth, and #learning.

Implications of ChatGPT for higher education institutions: exploring Nepali university students’ perspectives Som Nath Ghimire, Upaj Bhattarai & Raj K. Baral → doi.org/10.1080/0729... #HigherEd #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AcademicIntegrity #NepaliStudents #UniversityStudents #Nepal 🇳🇵

Adele song found in court to be plagiarised thenightly.com.au/culture/musi...

Are Psychopathy Traits Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools Among University Students? The Mediating Effect of Self-control www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis

YesMadam sent out a survey asking employees if they were feeling stressed, then “helped” 100 who said they were by firing them. All this shows how willing companies are to act unethically and how little they really care about mental health. www.indiatoday.in/trending-new...

as a kid, i fixed my parent's computer. as an adult I fix my kids's computer. pretty sure we are the only gen that knows how computers work

Learning was scant in the accord - but there were FOUR references to professional staff in 409 pages. And most of that was in a half page section discussing why hiring professional staff gets in the way of hiring academics :/ #ascilite2024

The Australian government is taking action against ghost college visa scams www.news.com.au/finance/econ...

3 colleges closed & 17,000 qualifications cancelled in 4 weeks. Most students are domestic not international & have only a week to appeal What’s happened to make this extreme action necessary…? Previously it’s been a rarity to take such action against students www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...

Incredibly interesting and important article on #contractcheating just published by Rowena Harper & Felicity Prentice edintegrity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Academic Integrity starter pack. I’m re-sharing because Bluesky has nearly doubled its users since this was made go.bsky.app/HYEuCiG

Character.AI is the same company that built the chatbot that the teen who died by suicide became obsessed with — feels like we're only beginning to get a sense of the scale the damage this company is doing, and will do without regulation