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‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops (www.dazeddigital.com)
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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

my best idea would be going old school with in person written & oral testing, since clearly nothing digital is of any help anymore. or perhaps require multiple digital WIP versions to be submitted? would also be getting the students into a good habit of making backups of their work. or maybe every essay should come with a director's commentary (a more loose style reflective essay on the research and work done)

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These are all good options! In person testing is certainly on my list, and I like the ideas with WIP versions (especially for larger submissions) and commentary.

I also think of more presentation format submissions where I could ask quick questions to see if the person actually understands what is written. Sort of a small defense.

On technical means, I welcome different forms of AI poisoning in tasks: these don't always work, but they can catch the least attentive.