As the world scrambles to understand and use generative artificial intelligence in a variety of areas, the discourse about its implementation in higher education often centers around plagiarism and cheating.However, educators who spoke to Fox News Digital warned that the public is missing the point. They argue that the real issue is determining what students have learned."I don't think cheating is the right concept to use here," Georgia Institute of Technology Regents’ Professor and Senior Associate Chair in the School of Interactive Computing Amy Bruckman told Fox News Digital.
"I am not commenting on whether I think AI should be in the workplace.I'm simply saying, it seems like it will be, and therefore, banning students from using it at the university level seems like burying your head in the sand."CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AIMS TO PRODUCE 'IRREPLACEABLE' GRADUATES AS AI RESHAPES HIGHER EDUCATIONHigher education institutions are grappling with how to approach AI, as some instructors say the focus must be on teaching responsible use rather than catching cheaters.
(Hispanolistic via Getty Images)Bruckman argued that in order for universities to work with students learning in the age of AI, they must redesign what they are teaching in order to help students learn through using AI.However, Bruckman said that rather than taking advantage of technology to further their education, students are "avoiding learning" by using AI."Some of the current students are learning absolutely nothing in school," she said.To understand what their students have actually learned, some professors have resorted to traditional methods of evaluation, such as handwritten exams that eliminate the possibility of relying on AI.Bruckman told Fox News Digital that she is among the educators returning to analog evaluations by giving closed-book tests on paper to ensure that she is actually seeing what her students know.
She said that this model separates students who used AI to complete their assi...