Faculty members’ use of artificial intelligence to grade student papers: a case of implications
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This paper presents the case of an adjunct university professor to illustrate the dilemma of using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to grade student papers. The hypothetical case discusses the benefits of using a commercial AI service to grade student papers—including discretion, convenience, pedagogical merits of consistent feedback for students, and advances made in the field that yield high-quality work—all of which are achieved quickly. Arguments against using AI to grade student papers involve cost, privacy, legality, and ethics. The paper discusses career implications for faculty members in both situations and concludes with implications for researchers within the discourse on academic integrity.
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- Authors
- Kumar, R.
- Affiliations
- Brock University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Rahul
- ORCID
- Kumar, Rahul
- Venue
- International Journal for Educational Integrity
- Published
- 2023-05-15
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1833-2595 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4376611400
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 6
- FWCI
- 18.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal for Educational Integrity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Brock University Digital Repository (Brock University) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Brock University Digital Repository (Brock University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence, automated grading, student papers, academic integrity, university faculty, adjunct faculty, privacy, legal issues, cost, feedback consistency
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