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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 14d

Making it a requirement for PhD students to publish in order to graduate, as happens in many places in the world, is a terrible idea. Even when the motivation are pure, the time delays and arbitrary decisions in some reviews etc. are no way to evaluate educational learning outcomes.

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Jason M. Lodge @jasonmlodge.bsky.social · 15d

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...

www.teqsa.gov.au

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 19d

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...
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The new Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education is open access...go take a look.

www.elgaronline.com

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 19d

Hoping this link works doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 19d

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.

www.elgaronline.com

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · 20d

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

A multi-layered evaluation of university-wide education interventions to improve student engagement and retention

The strategic benefit of student retention is financial for institutions, economic for states and personal for individual students. Nonetheless, enacting and evaluating effective innovations to imp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

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

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Rachel Forsyth @rmforsyth.bsky.social · Aug 26

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!

Reading: The Opposite of Cheating by Bertram Gallant and Rettinger

Gallant, T. B., & Rettinger, D. A. (2025). The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (Vol. 4). University of Oklahoma Press. This book, written by two experts in academic integrity, tries to move the conversation about GenAI and assessment away from detecting academic misconduct and towards good course design to reduce opportunities for cheating. The book acknowledges the responsibility usually placed on individual teachers to reduce, identify and act on student breaches of accepted academic integrity and tries to offer positive and practical solutions.

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · Aug 26

I agree with this, don't weight Lane 2 assessments more than Lane 1 *or* make Lane 1 hurdle tasks. But, beyond this, my advice is that if there is a genuine educational reason to limit AI use in take-home type assessments, add as much security as you can rather than throwing away needed tasks.

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · Jul 31

How AI is cheapening tertiary education at Sydney University

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Assoc Prof Amanda White OAM @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social · Jul 8

@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.

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

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 🧪

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Guy Curtis @guycurtis10.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 11

A-1 opsec there Tulsi.

Gabbard Admits to Asking AI What to Classify in JFK Files

Gabbard revealed that she fed tens of thousands of documents about the JFK assassination into an AI program for review.

www.thedailybeast.com

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