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Bloomin’ GenAI: Program-level negotiation of unit-level learning outcomes and assessment parameters
The first part of that title is as gratuitous as the second part is boring. Sorry about that. I was chatting to colleagues yesterday about learning outcomes, Bloom’s taxonomy and GenAI. And before you say “I’m so bored of Bloom”… yes. I hear you. But it’s a way of thinking about learning outcomes that is…
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If you love your methods, let them go
When designing assessment, it’s problematic to focus too much on technology or to hold on too tightly to particular methods. Assessment methods such as viva voce, pen and paper exams, practical exams, and authentic assessment* are currently being touted as more secure ways of testing student knowledge in the context of widely-available generative AI technologies…
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Expanding the unit of analysis of learning
Rather than getting bogged down in discussions about ChatGPT-proofing assessment, detecting AI in student work, or having students acknowledge how they have used it in their assignments, can we expand our unit of analysis of learning beyond the individual student to collaborations between people, technologies and resources?