Tag: assessment
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Claude, what’s going on in this picture?
A post where I give Claude two images and simply ask it to describe what it sees. The responses come awfully close to what we might call ‘diagnosis’.
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Instructors as innovators
This paper provides concrete examples of prompts and exercises that cover different pedagogical approaches – simulation, critique, co-creation, mentoring and tutoring. These can serve as a starting point for educators to experiment with AI in their classrooms as part of a pedagogically-informed approach.
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Using AI is not cheating
It makes no sense to say that ‘using AI is cheating’, unless you know more about the context in which the AI was used. ‘Cheating’ implies that students contravened the rules. So just change the rules.
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Navigating inequity around access to AI in higher education
There’s a lot of anxiety around the potential for student disadvantage due to unequal access to generative AI in education, a concern not unique to AI but prevalent across various aspects. Despite inequalities, there’s a movement towards more democratised AI access, with entities like OpenAI providing free tools. I suggest integrating AI deeply into education…
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What OpenAI did
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-openai-did With universal free access, the educational value of AI skyrockets (and that doesn’t count voice and vision, which I will discuss shortly). On the other hand, the Homework Apocalypse will reach its final stages. GPT-4 can do almost all the homework on Earth. And it writes much better than GPT-3.5, with a lot more…
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How assessment needs to change in response to AI
These are my first tentative thoughts on how assessment will have to change in response to AI. I have a short series of posts that I’m working on regarding this topic and I’d love to hear counter-arguments to help me test this idea. First of all, we have to accept that soon (if not already)…
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Using Claude to rapidly build an evidence-based CPD activity
How I used Claude to rapidly develop the pedagogical framework and outline of an evidence-based CPD activity or assessment task.
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Universities’ ChatGPT misconduct focus ‘panicked students’
in AIhttps://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-chatgpt-misconduct-focus-panicked-students Universities’ focus on assessment misconduct in the wake of the emergence of large language models “panicked” students, and institutions would have been better being “honest” that they were still figuring out the ramifications of new technologies… Agreed. Universities’ knee jerk reaction and misplaced moralising about the potential for cheating, wasted everyone’s time. And did…
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Test what students can do with what they know
In the context of AI that can generate pretty much any content, we need to shift assessment practices away from assessing what students know, and focus on their ability to solve meaningful problems using what they know.
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I’ve started experimenting with YouTube shorts
The other day I was in the middle of something and had a fleeting thought about something else. And it occurred to me that someone else might be interested to hear my thought about the something else. But I was out and about and so a blog post wasn’t an option. And I realised it…
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In Beta podcast: Generative AI in health professions education
#33 – Generative AI in health professions education In this conversation, Ben and I speak to Lambert Schuwirth to get his take on the impact of generative AI in health professions education. The conversation covers the development of HPE-Bot from a pedagogical perspective; the potential impact of generative AI on HPE teaching, learning, and assessment;…
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Link: What if Turnitin had pivoted towards AI assessment rather than AI detection?
https://markcarrigan.net/2024/02/07/what-if-turnitin-had-pivoted-towards-ai-assessment-rather-than-ai-detection/ “What AI product did TII try and build? A detector. What if Turnitin had pivoted towards AI assessment rather than AI detection? Or AI analytics? Imagine what else could have possibly be done with the data they have in their systems?“ Interesting question to consider.
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Link: More than half of UK undergraduates using AI to write essays
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/01/more-than-half-uk-undergraduates-ai-essays-artificial-intelligence More than half of undergraduates say they consult artificial intelligence programmes to help with their essays, while schools are trialing its use in the classroom. Why are we still asking students to write essays?
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Link: Solo is an AI-based website builder from Mozilla
I don’t doubt that AI-supported services like this will become commonplace. Don’t know how to build a website? AI will help. Don’t know how to build an app? AI will help. Don’t know how to write a business plan? AI will help. And so on, in every area of our lives. This is also part…
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An AI-first approach to higher education in the UK
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2024/01/ai-university.html Donald Clark proposes a vision for an AI-first university, tackling the pressing need for high-quality, low-cost online education in the UK. Here’s a distilled list of 25 transformative ideas, drawing inspiration from other successful educational models: I couldn’t agree more. For me, AI has the potential to massively scale personal learning, and for that…
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In Beta podcast: Assessment and learning
http://inbetaphysio.com/2023/06/29/31-assessment-and-learning/ In this conversation, Ben and I had discuss the assessment process, linking it to broader themes of learning, curriculum design, and student experience. We talk about the centralisation of assessment and explore the tensions between institutional control and the autonomy of teachers. We discuss student satisfaction and the influence of risk aversion in educational…
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Link: AI Pedagogy Project
https://aipedagogy.org/ The AI Pedagogy Project (by metaLAB at Harvard) provides educators with a collection of resources in 3 parts: The project aims to encourage creative and critical engagement with AI in education through assignments and materials inspired by the humanities. There is also a collection of sample assignments (see below) from educators to spark informed…
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AI and expertise in professional education – ADAPT conference
At the 2023 ADAPT physiotherapy conference, I discussed the impact of generative AI on physiotherapy education, emphasising how it challenges the traditional role of universities in professional training by offering accessible and personalised expertise. The presentation highlighted AI’s potential to democratise learning, enhance project-based education, and create affordable learning alternatives outside formal degree programs. I…