Tag: authentic assessment
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Report: Assessment reform for the age of AI
TEQSA’s report “Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence” outlines principles and propositions for reforming higher education assessment practices in response to AI. It emphasizes integrating AI ethically, focusing on systemic approaches, learning processes, collaboration, and security. The report aims to guide institutions in adapting to AI while maintaining academic integrity.
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Avoiding the busy-work of AI-generated assessment submissions
Traditional assessments are probably obsolete due to AI (for teachers and students), presenting an opportunity to shift towards a paradigm that evaluates students’ ability to apply knowledge and create impact using AI as a supportive tool, rather than simply memorising information.
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When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object
TL;DR (generated by Claude, lightly edited by me). The rise of abundant expertise in the form of generative AI questions the university monopoly on expertise provision and validation. Leadership in the creative deployment of AI for learning, teaching, and assessment will require a change in mindset and a shift towards a new paradigm, which universities…
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Using LLMs to raise our expectations
Instead of spending so much of our time thinking about whether students 1) should use LLMs, 2) how much they use it, and 3) what they use it for, let’s just say that they should use it, a lot (IMO, the more, the better), and look more closely at what they use it for, and…
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Example: Using ChatGPT to generate ideas for authentic and innovative assessments, based on workplace requirements
I copied the content of an advert for a physiotherapy post in the NHS. The exact content of the post doesn’t matter, as the process below will work for most jobs in most sectors. The idea is that you take a posting for a real job in your professional domain, and then ask the language…
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Jan Herrington’s model of Authentic learning
A few days ago I met with my supervisor to discuss my research plan for the year. She suggested I look into Jan Herrington’s work on authentic learning so I thought I’d make some notes here as I familiarize myself with it. To begin with, there are 9 elements of authentic learning (I believe that in…