ERIC Number: EJ1366616
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0304-3797
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5898
Assisting Academics to Identify Computer Generated Writing
European Journal of Engineering Education, v47 n5 p725-745 2022
Authentic writing is an important aspect in education and research. Unfortunately, academic misconduct occurs among students and researchers. Consequently, written articles undergo certain detection measures and most teaching and research institutions use a range of software to detect plagiarism. However, state-of-the-art Automatic Article Generator (AAG) writing powered by Artificial Intelligence provides a new platform for new types of serious academic misconduct that cannot be easily detected and even if they are detected, can be hard to prove. The main objective of this study is to raise awareness of these tools among academics. This paper first explains the features of AAG writing, then investigates whether academics can distinguish AAG writing from human writing and whether raising the awareness of AAG between academics can improve their ability to detect AAG writing. A case study showed how difficult it is for academics with no knowledge of AAGs to identify this writing. A survey was used to indicate how a training session can improve the ability of detecting AAG writing. The results show that raising awareness training increased the academics' ability to detect AAG writing. Lastly, the possible solutions to mitigate the academic integrity issues associated with AAG writing have been discussed.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Identification, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Writing (Composition), Cheating, Consciousness Raising, Faculty Development, Case Studies, Plagiarism, Writing Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Integrity, Citations (References), Doctoral Students, School Policy, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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