[HYBRID] Assessment Design for a time of artificial intelligence
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[HYBRID] Assessment Design for a time of artificial intelligence In-Person / Online
Description: Artificial intelligence can now generate outputs that meet the requirements of high-stakes assessments across many disciplines. This has sparked concerns about students using AI inappropriately to complete tasks, misrepresenting their abilities. It also raises deeper questions about the sustainability and authenticity of current assessment practices.
This presentation examines how assessment must evolve in response to AI. It draws on the presenter’s work as one of the leaders of Assessment Reform for a Time of Artificial Intelligence, a major Australian project funded by the national higher education regulator. As AI becomes an ever-present part of professional and academic life, how do we design assessments that both uphold integrity and prepare students for this new reality?
Presenter Bio: Phillip (Phill) Dawson is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. His work focuses on improving assessment while addressing integrity challenges and emerging technologies.
His book Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World (Routledge, 2021), examines academic integrity in a digital age. In 2024, he co-edited the Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education special issue Challenging Cheating and published the provocative article Validity Matters More Than Cheating. His broader research spans assessment design and feedback.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philldawson/
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Doucette Library EDC370
- Campus:
- Education Library
- Audience:
- Faculty Graduate Public Undergraduate
- Categories:
- AI Centre General AI Workshops Student AI Workshops
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