{"id":4403,"date":"2023-05-11T20:03:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:14:08","slug":"chatgpt-could-have-an-upside-for-universities-helping-bust-contract-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4403","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT could have an upside for universities \u2013 helping bust &#8216;contract cheating&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Analysis &#8211;\u00a0<\/i>Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, academics have expressed concern over the impact the artificial intelligence service could have on student work.<\/p>\n<p>But educational institutions trying to safeguard academic integrity could be looking in the wrong direction. Yes, ChatGPT raises questions about how to assess students&#8217; learning. However, it should be less of a concern than the persistent and pervasive use of ghostwriting services.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, academic ghostwriting is when a student submits a piece of work as their own which is, in fact,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnitin.com\/blog\/ghostwriting-in-academic-journals-how-can-we-mitigate-its-impact-on-research-integrity\">written by someone else<\/a>. Often dubbed &#8220;contract cheating,&#8221; the outsourcing of assessment to ghostwriters undermines student learning.<\/p>\n<p>Universities and other institutions have employed plagiarism-detection tools, such as Turnitin, in an effort to combat the more obvious forms of academic misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>But contract cheating is increasingly commonplace as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/sep\/20\/university-students-turn-to-contract-cheating-amid-housing-crisis-and-lack-of-support\">time-poor students<\/a>\u00a0juggle jobs to meet the soaring costs of education. And the internet creates the perfect breeding ground for willing ghostwriting entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>In New Zealand,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/university-of-aucklands-cheating-cases-soar-since-pandemic\/CB7FLVPNQRDPS574SL5FTGKNSY\/\">70-80 percent of tertiary students<\/a>\u00a0engage in some form of cheating. While most of this academic misconduct was collusion with peers or plagiarism, the emergence of artificial intelligence has been described as a battle academia will inevitably lose.<\/p>\n<p>It is time a new approach is taken by universities.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing the use of ChatGPT by students could help reduce the use of contract cheating by doing the heavy lifting of academic work while still giving students the opportunity to learn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis &#8211;\u00a0Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, academics have expressed concern over the impact the artificial intelligence service could have on student work. But educational institutions trying to safeguard academic integrity could be looking in the wrong direction. Yes, ChatGPT raises questions about how to assess students&#8217; learning. 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