By Emma Loura
As technology advances, teachers face various new challenges in academic integrity. Nowadays they need to be aware of artificial intelligence and its ability to generate essays and responses to assignments.
“It’s a new enough issue with different levels of experience in our department that we’re dealing with that on the run,” said Brad Ficke, the head of Manhattan High School’s English Department. “I think our first step was the academic integrity piece and understanding what we’re expecting of students.”
During the teachers’ professional development sessions, the topic of generative AI has come up in lectures on academic integrity. A professor from K-State conducted this lecture.
