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December 7, 2024
Generative AI holds promise for the potential relief it can provide for academics struggling with the burden of teaching, but many are unsure of which tools to use and the rapidly evolving technology. I don’t know how to keep it up to date and I have very little time to figure it out. Learn about “Trends in AI for Student Assessment” in an upcoming webinar.
As important as efficiency gains are in the area of student assessment, there are AI tools that can support qualitative improvements in student learning, for example through personalized routes, automated grading, and enhanced feedback.
In the webinar on “Trends in AI for Student Assessment,” pedagogy experts highlight developments in AI for measuring and improving student performance. This is the first in a series of webinars on major developments in higher education, hosted by University World News (UWN) and ABET, a global nonprofit quality assurance and accreditation organization.
Student assessment is an area of teaching and learning that has been significantly impacted by the explosion of generative AI over the past two years. Experts will help university academics and staff understand how AI is evolving in relation to aspects of student assessment, what appears to be working and some of the challenges it faces. Find ideas, research, and information to help you.
That’s why the UWN-ABET Webinar Series offers both high-level thinking of interest to academics and practical advice to help you navigate higher education in times of great uncertainty.
Join us on Tuesday, January 21st at 16:00 GMT for this 1-hour webinar. Participants can ask questions arising from their own needs and experiences or from the expert’s presentation.
What types of AI tools and approaches can effectively support assessment activities such as setting tests, grading, and personalizing feedback to students? How can academics apply AI to assessment while avoiding pitfalls? Can it be used?
Much more. Click here to register.
speaker
Dr. Gloria Rogers is ABET’s Senior Non-Executive Director of Specialties. She is an evaluation and data analyst for Indiana State University’s physician assistant program and a senior scholar emeritus for the Commission on Higher Education, which accredits colleges and universities in 19 states in the North Central region of the United States. She is an experienced speaker and external evaluator on continuous quality improvement in higher education programs and has served on numerous national advisory committees and National Science Foundation review panels.
Rogers has been exploring how generative AI can complement the work needed to evaluate academic programs to continuously improve student learning. She argues that it is important to transform artificial intelligence into human intelligence by asking the right questions about the consequences of the responses generated by AI.
Dr. Craig A. Kaplan is a recognized expert in the fields of artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and superintelligence (SI), with a particular focus on collective intelligence. He is the CEO and founder of iQ Company, a consulting firm specializing in advanced AGI and SI systems. Previously, he founded PredictWallStreet, a financial services company that leveraged the collective intelligence of individual investors to improve the performance of top hedge funds.
Mr. Kaplan is a published author, has been widely published in scientific journals, and holds numerous patents related to AI-related technologies. He is a visiting professor of computer science at the University of California and frequently speaks at academic conferences and industry events.
Dr Nigel Francis is an award-winning lecturer based in the School of Biological Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. He won the British Society of Immunology’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020, the Royal Society of Biology’s Higher Education Biosciences Teacher of the Year Award in 2021, and the National Teaching Fellowship in 2022. did.
Francis is the Bioscience Faculty leader in digital education, including the use of generative AI in assessment. His current research in generative AI focuses on incorporating these tools into assessment practices and encouraging their transparent use.
moderator
Brendan O’Malley is the editor-in-chief of University World News, a global higher education news and commentary platform, and an international consultant. He has 40 years of experience reporting on education, development, and international politics and is a frequent speaker at academic conferences. Earlier this year, he spoke at the ABET Symposium on “AI and HE Around the World – Evolution or Revolution?”
