Talk: Challenges in designing assessment in an age of generative AI
The rapid emergence of generative AI is prompting universities to reconsider long-standing assumptions about assessment. At this talk, Professor David Boud examines how assessment practices can remain meaningful in a shifting technological landscape and explores what needs to change, both individually and collectively.
When: Thursday 11 December 2025 from 14:15 to 16:00
Where: The Merete Barker Lecture Theatre
Lakeside Lecture Theatres, Bartholins Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus C
Registration: Sign up for the event here
(deadline: 11 December at 14:00)
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The sudden appearance of ChatGPT provoked a shock that universities are still coming to terms with some years later. The advent of this and other forms of generative Artificial Intelligence is transforming the ways we think about university courses in general and assessment in particular.
It is certainly changing what students do, whether we like it or not. And there is no quick fix; we are facing a wicked problem, that is, one that does not lend itself to ready solutions or ways of addressing it.
This talk will be from the perspective of someone who holds to the best ideas in assessment practice but recognises that change, both individually and collectively, is needed.
The focus will be on what we want assessment to be able to do regardless of changes in AI, what the implications are for each main purpose of assessment, and how we design and redesign assessment for the new context.
About Professor David Boud
David Boud is Deakin Distinguished Professor and was Foundation Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning at Deakin University. He is also Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. He has been a pioneer in developing learning-centred approaches to teaching and in new conceptions of assessment and feedback. He is the most highly cited scholar internationally in the field of assessment in higher education and has a Google Scholar h-index of 119.