AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined
AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined July 28, 2026 · Education AI This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. It's Not AI That Broke Assessment In the last post I told you about a room full of higher-ed educators who went quiet when I suggested assignments shouldn't have a word count. I'm starting here with the same story turned a different direction, because I think it's the key to the whole cheating panic: it's not AI that broke assessment.
- ▪AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined July 28, 2026 · Education AI This is Part 2 of a 3 part series.
- ▪It's Not AI That Broke Assessment In the last post I told you about a room full of higher-ed educators who went quiet when I suggested assignments shouldn't have a word count.
- ▪I'm starting here with the same story turned a different direction, because I think it's the key to the whole cheating panic: it's not AI that broke assessment.
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AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined July 28, 2026 · Education AI This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. You can find Post 1 here. It's Not AI That Broke Assessment In the last post I told you about a room full of higher-ed educators who went quiet when I suggested assignments shouldn't have a word count. I'm starting here with the same story turned a different direction, because I think it's the key to the whole cheating panic: it's not AI that broke assessment. Assessment was already broken. AI just pointed a spotlight on the issue. Word counts, page minimums, five-paragraph essays, take-home exams nobody proctors: all of it was built assuming a certain kind of friction, that producing the words was hard, so requiring a lot of them proved effort.
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