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How to Design Assignments Students Can't (and Won't Want to) Cheat On With AI

The ethical alternative to AI detection is AI-proof assignment design. A two-bar framework: assignments students CAN'T cheat on (oral defense, visible process, local context, in-class collaboration) and WON'T WANT to (authentic, personally relevant, agency-driven). Plus a 4-tier AI-use policy and a worked example.

How to Design Assignments Students Can't (and Won't Want to) Cheat On With AI

The ethical alternative to AI detection is AI-proof assignment design. A two-bar framework: assignments students CAN'T cheat on (oral defense, visible process, local context, in-class collaboration) and WON'T WANT to (authentic, personally relevant, agency-driven). Plus a 4-tier AI-use policy and a worked example.

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