Academic Integrity in the Age of Generative AI: Challenges to University Students’ Academic Norms and Practices
Keywords:
academic integrity；digital Humanities；generative artificial intelligence； human-machine collaboration；Language and Literature.Abstract
Generative AI tools represented by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are profoundly reshaping the learning landscape of higher education. In particular, they pose comprehensive challenges to academic integrity within humanities disciplines such as Chinese Language and Literature, where writing is the core training method. Adopting a Digital Humanities research perspective, this paper reviews the current state of research on generative AI, academic integrity, and Digital Humanities education. Based on a questionnaire survey of 40 undergraduate students majoring in Chinese Language and Literature, this paper analyzes the current usage scenarios of AI tools among university students and the cognitive discrepancies regarding AI-assisted writing and academic integrity. Finally, integrating the core concepts of Digital Humanities, the paper explores pathways for reconstructing the connotation of academic integrity in the era of human-machine collaboration, providing a reference for universities to formulate academic norms in the AI era and cultivate students' digital humanities literacy.
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