From Detection to Dialogue: What Two Institutions Learned About AI, Writing, and Trust
Most institutions are still asking the wrong question about AI in the classroom. "Did the student use it?" doesn't have a reliable answer, and the effort to find one is eroding trust faster than it's protecting academic integrity.
Two educators from very different institutions decided to ask a different question: what did students actually do with AI in their writing?
Brian Harfe, Associate Provost and professor at the University of Florida, redesigned his course to require AI as a starting point, then tracked what students did with it at the word level. His findings, published in a peer-reviewed study in TechTrends, challenge some of the field's most persistent assumptions.
Jenny Billings, Division Chair of English at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, brought writing transparency into developmental English courses and watched integrity violations drop by 96% in a single semester.
Their paths were different. Their conclusions weren't. Writing becomes more trustworthy, not less, when the process is visible.
Watch this recent conversation about what writing transparency looks like in practice and what it means for your institution.
Two educators from very different institutions decided to ask a different question: what did students actually do with AI in their writing?
Brian Harfe, Associate Provost and professor at the University of Florida, redesigned his course to require AI as a starting point, then tracked what students did with it at the word level. His findings, published in a peer-reviewed study in TechTrends, challenge some of the field's most persistent assumptions.
Jenny Billings, Division Chair of English at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, brought writing transparency into developmental English courses and watched integrity violations drop by 96% in a single semester.
Their paths were different. Their conclusions weren't. Writing becomes more trustworthy, not less, when the process is visible.
Watch this recent conversation about what writing transparency looks like in practice and what it means for your institution.
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