Dr. Monica Ward will be leading an interactive session for the Academic Integrity Community of Practice on October 12 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Teams. 

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence has arrived and we cannot ignore it. Regardless of what we teach, we have to learn how to dance with it - either with great enthusiasm, great reluctance, or somewhere in between. Some academics might be early adopters and be happy to use it, experiment with it, and incorporate it into their teaching and assessments. Others may be more hesitant and afraid of interacting with it. Regardless of where academics side on the innovation adoption bell curve (innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and the unfortunately named laggards or phobics) (Rogers et al., 2014), we should not ignore it as it will not go away. This session looks at how to address the issue of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on assessment, particularly in the context of academic integrity. Academics can choose to design-in GenerativeAI (GenAI) tools and allow students to use them. Alternatively, they may choose to design-out GenAI tools and redesign the assessments to avoid the use of GenAI tools. One such assessment approach is the use of Interactive Oral (IO) assessment. IO assessment is a two-way, free-flowing, unscripted conversion around a real-world scenario. It is not a traditional oral (viva-type) assessment. The interactive session provides an overview of Artificial Intelligence, its impact on assessment and academic integrity, and how IO can address a need to use an alternative assessment approach.

Reference

Rogers, E. M., Singhal, A., & Quinlan, M. M. (2014). Diffusion of innovations. In An integrated approach to communication theory and research (pp. 432-448). Routledge. 

If you are interested in attending, please contact Jennie Miron at jennie.miron@humber.ca.