Universities move toward AI-proof assessment: oral defences, traps and rethought exams
According to Nature, instructors are responding to students' AI use with traps and AI-proof exams, and one professor caught 32 students with a hidden instruction. Denmark is requiring oral defences as an immediate measure and checking the screens of exam computers, while MIT is urging a rethink of exams.
Who is affected and how
- university student
- Can expect oral defences and stricter exam conditions.
- teacher
- Alongside take-home essays, oral and supervised assessment is needed.
- school leader
- Exam arrangements and supervision tools need to be reconsidered.
- education policymaker
- The Danish example shows that immediate exam-rule changes are possible at national level.
- edtech company
- Demand is growing for proctoring and assessment tools.
Sources
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