Talking Academic Communication

This post by  Chris Ireland  looks at how ChatGPT is being viewed in education and argues that we need to embrace it rather than fight it. Twenty years ago we were talking about the scourge of copying from the Internet and pasting it into essays. We were told that we had to change our assessment practices. A few did but most just carried on with the help of plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin. Then came the age of the ghostwriter. Companies were openly advertising, many still do, bespoke essay writing services via the Internet, on campuses and even via advertising media (Bomford, 2016). We were again told to change our assessment practices. A few more did but many again trusted the plagiarism detection industry to deal with the issue. While they should be expected to mop up the 'off the shelf' ghosting with ease, there is something about 'bespoke ghost writing' that suggests plenty have slipped and will continue to slip through the net. This brings us to the pre