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The Opposite of Cheating Podcast
The premise of The Opposite of Cheating is that the work of teaching and learning experts can and should be applied to the goal of making cheating the exception and integrity the norm.
This podcast brings to life the voices of those experts, along with academic integrity practitioners and just genuinely nice and smart people who have something to say about teaching for integrity in the age of AI.
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Episode 59: Joe Clare
"There are actually things I can do and it's empowering I think for academics at a time where it can feel a bit overwhelming — there's actually a range of things that we can do." "The thing you can try and limit is the extent to which opportunity exists within the assessment items and the structure of the things you're doing in your unit." In this 59th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, David sits down with Professor Joe Clare, a criminologist at the University of W
May 5
Episode 58: Jason Stephens
"Our tendency to deceive and our tendency to make moral judgments — both of these things are bred in the bone. These things live in tension inside of us." "I'm working on what I call a wise model of use — where I want to help students balance outsourcing stuff that's appropriate to outsource versus offloading the stuff I really should be engaging in because learning is difficult." In this 58th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, David reconnects with longtime friend
Apr 27
Episode 55: Mary Davis & Zeenath Khan
"The shift needs to be about internalizing that [ethical] responsibility within the student." "Do you want to go up and upskill and continue focusing on your learning or do you want to go down and downskill and reduce or eliminate your learning?" In this 55th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast, Tricia is joined by her co-authors Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes University) and Zeneeth Khan (University of Wollongong, Dubai) to discuss their forthcoming Cambridge University
Apr 6
Episode 51: Lew Ludwig & Todd Zakrajsek
“We didn't ask for this, right? We didn't ask for this unregulated, unchecked technology just keep pouring on us every two weeks" “Learning is hard. Learning is work.” In the 51st episode of the podcast, Tricia reconnects with Lew Ludwig (from Episode 27) and welcomes Todd Zakrajsek to discuss their forthcoming book The Science of Learning Meets AI. Instead of spending time chasing tools, Lew and Todd talk about how instructors can ground AI use in learning science—metacognit
Mar 9
Episode 50: 1st Bookiversary Special Episode!
“People with integrity aren't perfect. They make mistakes, but the what differentiates them from other folks is that they take accountability for those mistakes and they choose to learn and grow from them.” “Also expect some of the stuff to fail miserably, right? Because nothing nothing complicated or worth doing works. the first time.” This special episode (#50) marks the first anniversary of The Opposite of Cheating (University of Oklahoma Press), published in March 2025! T
Mar 2
Episode 33: Phil Newton
"Students are human and humans cheat.” "If you make it easy for people to do, then it's more likely to happen." In this thought-provoking 33rd episode of The Opposite of Cheating, David speaks with Phil Newton, neuroscientist and academic integrity researcher at Swansea University in Wales. Phil brings a rare blend of scientific rigor and pedagogical insight to the conversation, reflecting on how memory, motivation, and fairness intersect with cheating, assessment, and the ri
Oct 20, 2025
Episode 30: Eric Anderman
“Students cheat for different reasons. It’s not one-size-fits-all—and our responses shouldn’t be either.” “We have to teach students what...
Sep 29, 2025
Episode 13: Flower Darby
Tricia talks to Flower Darby, educator, author, speaker extraordinaire, as well as the Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning...
May 12, 2025
Episode 12: Audun Dahl and Tal Waltzer
In this episode we talk about cheating as an issue of moral development. Spoiler alert: students develop through learning from their...
May 9, 2025
Episode 6: Guy Curtis
Watch David geek out with fellow Psychology nerd Guy Curtis about Prof. Curtis' research on cheating, plagiarism, and the dark triad of...
Apr 18, 2025
Episode 5: Anna Mills
Tricia talks to Anna Mills about AI writing. Tricia talks to Anna Mills, a prominent voice in how to teach writing in the age of AI. Anna...
Mar 26, 2025
Episode 4: Holly Tatum
Holly and David talk about cheating, honor codes, and teaching to prevent misconduct. You can follow Holly on LinkedIn at...
Mar 26, 2025
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