Assessment criteria that rely on information recall - and even more complex cognitive tasks like essay writing - are no longer effective at gauging comprehension since students can use a simple prompt to get a compelling answer from AI.
"A number of assessments are being redesigned," Diane Grayson, senior director of academic affairs at Wits University, told TechCentral.
"For example, assessments that just require students to write an essay are having to be modified to prevent them from bypassing the intended learning experience. Instead, more assessments are being given that require students to use AI tools and to show how they have engaged with them, such as critiquing AI-generated text, or showing how they used an AI tool to assist them with an assignment, including giving the prompts they inputted into the AI tool."
The incorporation by educational institutions of AI into their assessment tasks is, in part, a form of cooperating with the inevitable students will use the tools at their disposal, whether teachers want them to or not.
Unisa has already incorporated AI into its exam proctoring software suite to combat AI cheating.
