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StellenboschX: Higher education assessing in the age of AI
This course delves into the role of assessment in higher education amid the advancements in AI. Participants will reflect on the integration of AI tools in assessments, with a focus on enhancing student engagement, authenticity, and academic integrity. Key principles of assessment and feedback in higher education will be covered, with an emphasis on leveraging AI to foster higher-order thinking skills. Participants will also explore value-based considerations related to AI-use in assessment.
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3 weeks at 5-8 hours per week
english
Online - Self Paced
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About StellenboschX: Higher education assessing in the age of AI
This course is structured around three themes:
What is the role of assessment in HE?
The advancement of AI is changing the way we live, work and learn. So, here we look at the question: How will increasingly sophisticated AI-tools impact assessment in higher education? While AI-powered tools can assist with assessment design and provide individualised feedback, there have also been concerns about its impact on the integrity of summative assessment tasks. We will discuss the use of AI in conjunction with human integrity and judgement.
Reimagining HE assessment in the age of AI
The logical follow-up question is: How do we respond to the impact of AI-use on assessment in higher education? Initial reactions to the potential impact of AI on assessment were to revert to invigilated or verbal examinations or to design assessments that cannot be answered by AI. Another alternative is to consider embracing AI-powered tools to develop students’ higher-order thinking and evaluative judgement through authentic assessment. Reimagining assessment practices in the age of AI requires us to consider the purposes of the assessment and address the need for authentic and relevant activities. In addition, we will model how AI can be used by students to engage critically and ethically with their own work or the work of others without establishing overreliance on AI. Actualising assessment in the age of AI will focus on authentic and more efficient assessments and collaborative learning without undermining academic integrity.
Actualise assessment in the age of AI
The final question is: How can AI-powered tools be used more intentionally in a fair, ethical and supportive way in both formative and summative assessment? This requires being prepared to adapt teaching practices to accommodate the changing nature of assessment and a willingness to experiment with new approaches and being open to feedback from students. Participants will reflect on staying relevant and effective in preparing students for the future.
What You Will Learn?
- Discuss how to reposition assessment in support of learning and developing evaluative judgement in an AI-infused world..
- Critically reflect on the integrity of summative assessment in the context of AI..
- Leverage the use of AI tools for learning in formative assessment and feedback, for example in multi-stage assessments and group work activities..
- Create AI-powered assessment and feedback tools that are fair, ethical, and supportive, including rubrics and generated case studies..
- Highlight the criticality of a values-based approach to responsible AI use in assessment of student learning in higher education..