AI and assessment in higher education

By Eliza.Compton, 16 May, 2024
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Threat or opportunity? Advice for using, mitigating and embracing artificial intelligence in university assessment, skills development and task design
AI and assessment in higher education
Threat or opportunity? Advice for using, mitigating and embracing artificial intelligence in university assessment, skills development and task design
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No sooner had generative AI ignited fears in universities about risk to assessment practices and academic integrity than academics set to working out how to embrace it to save time and enrich student skills such as critical thinking and analysis. This has required consideration of not only how to use artificial intelligence in university assessment in the future but also a rethink of past exam, assignment and evaluation practices. This diverse collection of resources includes advice on how to engineer prompts, use AI for authentic assessment design, whether to lean into AI-detection tools, how to build digital literacy and AI’s role in developing soft skills in lifelong learning.

How AI can affect formative and summative assessment design
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By Laura.Duckett, 30 April, 2024

AI and assessment redesign: a four-step process

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If GenAI tools have ushered in an era in which institutions can no longer assure the integrity of each individual assessment, the sector must focus on assuring the integrity of awards, write Samuel Doherty and Steven Warburton
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5minutes
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AI detection, cheating and academic integrity
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By Laura.Duckett, 1 November, 2023

Can we spot AI-written content?

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A look at common features of LLM-created writing and its implications for how we might assess students’ knowledge and skills in the future
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4minutes
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By kiera.obrien, 30 April, 2024

Is it time to turn off AI detectors?

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In this extract from their new book, ‘Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning’, José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson discuss the reliability of AI detection tools and how to combat cheating without them
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4minutes
Rethinking assessment in an age of AI
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Understanding the potential of AI
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By Laura.Duckett, 5 December, 2023

Embrace AI tools to improve student writing

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Rather than trying to keep it out of the classroom, here are ways faculty can facilitate more effective use of ChatGPT for writing assignments
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4minutes
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By Eliza.Compton, 14 May, 2024

Leveraging LLMs to assess soft skills in lifelong learning

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Leadership and critical-thinking skills are difficult to measure. Here, Jonna Lee offers case studies that test the idea of integrating LLMs into assessment practices as a feedback tool to empower both students and instructors
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4minutes