Fall 2025

Opposite of Cheating (Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed)

"In these days of an ever-expanding internet, generative AI, and term paper mills, students may find it too easy and tempting to cheat, and teachers may think they can’t keep up. What’s needed, and what Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger offer in this timely book, is a new approach—one that works with the realities of the twenty-first century, not just to protect academic integrity but also to maximize opportunities for students to learn.

The Opposite of Cheating presents a positive, forward-looking, research-backed vision for what classroom integrity can look like in the GenAI era, both in cyberspace and on campus. Accordingly, the book outlines workable measures teachers can use to better understand why students cheat and to prevent cheating while aiming to enhance learning and integrity.

Bertram Gallant and Rettinger provide practical suggestions to help faculty revise the conversation around integrity, refocus classes and students on learning, reconsider the structure and goals of assessment, and generally reframe our response to cheating. At the core of this strategy is a call for teachers, academic staff, institutional leaders, and administrators to rethink how we “show up” for students, and to reinforce and fully support quality teaching, learning, and assessment. With its evidentiary basis and its useful tips for instructors across disciplines, levels of experience, and modes of instruction, this book offers a much-needed chance to pause, rethink our purpose, and refocus on what matters—creating classes that center human interactions that foster the personal and professional growth of our students." (Taken from the University of Oklahoma Press)

Places to Order:
Amazon
Oklahoma Press

The IDC will have 4 copies available for checkout. If you would like to reserve a copy of the book, please email the IDC after August 1st at instructional.design@ndsu.edu. 

Previous Books

Fall 2024

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

"How AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool. José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson present emerging and powerful research on the seismic changes AI is already creating in schools and the workplace, providing invaluable insights into what AI can accomplish in the classroom and beyond."
(Taken from John Hopkins University Press)

NDSU Libraries has purchased an unlimited user license to the eBook version.  Access to the multiple versions of the book can be found by visiting Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

The IDC also provides copies for checkout. 

Spring 2024

UDL University: Designing for Variability Across the Postsecondary Curriculum 

UDL University, published by CAST, is a collection of essays by sixteen educators from Goodwin University, who “share their experiences of applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to their instructional practice. From the sciences to the humanities to vocational technologies, these professors share practical tips and insights, and offer glimpses into their own journeys as learners, too” (CAST catalog description). 

The book is organized into four sections with 3-6 chapters per section, written by different educators. They write about personalizing communication, practicing social justice, and motivating others through passion.