What does innovating assessment and responding to AI mean for educators?
On 29 April 2024, the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) and Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) co-organised a short webinar to generate ideas and build confidence in innovating assessment as a way to engage and enrich students, as well as to respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by Generative AI. During the lively session, there were four presentations on various topics including guidance for educators on incorporating AI in assessment, a case study of using AI in assessment, how to facilitate interactive tutorials and using alternative assessments.
Here are some reflections and thoughts from Claire Hansen (CASS Associate Dean of Student Experience and Integrity):
As educators, we all want our students to be highly engaged, to succeed and to achieve our course learning outcomes. We want to be enriched and excited by the assessments we mark. And we want to design and deliver assessment that is rewarding for the students and ourselves. While doing this, we must also take into account practicalities like academic integrity and marking workloads. Add to this the challenges of AI for teaching in the arts and social sciences, and assessment innovation can prove an intimidating prospect.
The webinar provided an early step in a broader program to develop more support for innovating assessment in CASS, thanks to a collaboration with the CLT team.
The presenters in this webinar offered invaluable insights for CASS educators. There was plenty on offer for those interested in the role of AI in the classroom. The CLT team discussed how to scaffold AI in learning activities and assessment, while Daniel Casey reflected on engaging his students in providing reflection on the use of ChatGPT. Chris Browne discussed making classrooms somewhere students want to be, and Grazia Scotellaro considered the importance of transferrable skills and offered examples of alternative assessment.
An FAQ webpage will be published soon for ANU educators with questions collated from the Q&A session from this webinar as well as the AI drop-in sessions run by CLT earlier this year.
For educators wanting to use AI safely, ANU currently has an enterprise license for Copilot Enterprise which is available to all staff and students. By using Copilot with an ANU account, personal and company data is protected.
Links to help you get started:
- Generative AI and Data Governance
- Best practice guide for students when using GenAI
- AI Quick Start Guide for the start of semester.
Keep a look out for upcoming workshops, webinars, a FAQ page, and more guidance and resources to help support your teaching and assessment using AI.
If you would like a workshop or webinar tailored to your School or College or would like any pedagogical support from the Education Design team regarding AI, please reach out to CLT: clt@anu.edu.au
Angela Yang and Marianne Mettes, Education Design, Centre for Learning and Teaching, in collaboration with Claire Hansen, CASS Associate Dean of Student Experience and Integrity
