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A GPT for designing, diagnosing, benchmarking, and redesigning authentic assessment across K–12, higher education, VET, and professional learning, integrating Authentic Assessment Matters, the FutureLearn MOOC, and GenAI-resilient assessment design. gptstore.ai/gpts/dMq96rLer2-…
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“What matters most now is not what AI can do, but what students can do with it: apply judgement, exercise creativity and demonstrate professional skills in authentic contexts.” #AfroozPurarjomandlangrudi #AmirGhapanchi @victoriauninews timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Assessment tasks that support human skills

Assignments that focus on exploration, analysis and authenticity offer a road map for university assessment that incorporates AI while retaining its rigour and human elements

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“The historic methods [of assessment] are not really fit for purpose in the modern world and we have seen a lot of promotion of authentic assessments.” #SueAtwell @Jisc futurelearn.com/courses/unde… theguardian.com/education/20…

Designing and Administering Authentic Assessments - Online Course - FutureLearn

Gain a comprehensive understanding of authentic assessments, their critical elements and practical strategies. Join Queensland University of Technology on this four-week, self-paced module.

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“…we have observed that negative marking has reduced participation & confidence. To address this, we now favour more authentic assessment formats…” @DrAlisonMHill @DrYusraSiddiqui @UniofExeter Beyond grades: rethinking student motivation in the GenAI era timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Beyond grades: rethinking student motivation in the GenAI era

Discover inclusive, creative and sustainable strategies, from playful learning and visual tools to culturally relevant teaching and co-created assessments, to better motivate today’s students

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“Defining quality in art education involves focusing on positive lrng outcomes, holistic educ & multiple purposes. To achieve this, educators can use authentic assessment [to] mirror real-world settings...” #SadiaPashaKamran @FCCollege @etribune tribune.com.pk/story/2565096…

Practice, pedagogy and quality in art education

Educators can provide students with a comprehensive and engaging art education that fosters creativity

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Kernowyon! Cornish (& British) just not English…〓〓 🙏 @Perran4CRH
Cornwall is a Nation@YesCornwall
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Cornish MP Perran Moon stands up in Parliament and declares “I am Cornish, not English”
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👇 with 🙏 to @KiftSally & #JasonLodge for their excellent #NeededNow in L&T and the opportunity to publish in it… open.substack.com/pub/needed…
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“Authentic (like the real world): scenarios and tools mirror the professional environments students will eventually enter, ensuring relevance and increasing motivation.” #IrfanUlHaq #HungNguyen @RMITVietnam Active, applied and authentic learning timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Active, applied and authentic learning: a model that builds skills and agency

Learn how the AAA model improved student engagement and learning outcomes in a logistics and supply chain programme, and how its principles apply across disciplines

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“That means designing assessments that are hard to cheat on not because they are surveillance-heavy, but because they are deeply authentic. #Prof.Ts.Dr.ManjitSinghSidhu @uniten Assessing Academia In The Age Of Gen AI businesstoday.com.my/2025/05…

Assessing Academia In The Age Of Gen AI

Tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, and image generators like Midjourney are becoming as familiar to students as calculators and search engines once were

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“It facilitated “satellite scrutiny”, which transformed 2 hour teaching session into…opport for real-life police oversight with the panel.” @AbiDymond @UniofExeter Nathan Kiyaga #DevonandCornwallCommunityScrutinyPanel @DC_Police #authenticassessment timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Real-world collaborations help criminology students scrutinise police

How working with police and the Devon and Cornwall Community Scrutiny Panel gave criminology students real-world insight into – and a say in – police use of force

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“These adapted assessment strategies not only deter the overuse of AI but support student learning in a more authentic and engaging manner.” #RebeccaMace @worcester_uni #ViktoriaMagne #SarahHooper #SharonVince @UniWestLondon Reshaping assessment for #AI timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Reshaping assessment to outsmart AI

Adapting common assessment types can not only deter the overuse of AI – and avoid administration overload – but support student learning in a more authentic and engaging manner

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“The stronger focus on ‘practical competencies and authentic assessment’ …would leave students "equipped with the skills and experience that employers are looking for". @GailCorrin #UniversityCollegeIsleofMan bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygx2…

Isle of Man degree course change to make students 'work ready'

University College Isle of Man is introducing a new approach to delivering its degree courses.

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“If we want to inspire growth, creativity and lifelong learning, we must adopt models that empower rather than overwhelm.” @RahimSomani @UNBC Beyond exam panic: rethinking the purpose of assessments | THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Beyond exam panic: rethinking the purpose of assessments

If students frame assessments in terms of stress, not learning, this raises the question: are universities evaluating students’ growth or simply their ability to perform under pressure?

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My sincere 🙏 to @KiftSally & @jasonmlodge #needednowlt #GenAI #generativeartificialintelligence open.substack.com/pub/needed…
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CRADLE and colleagues have devised a new free guide to #GenAI in work-integrated learning. @DrJoannaT says the guide is to support students, university WIL practitioners, and industry partners. Get the guide here: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/t…
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‘Using the term “assessment” in place of measurement in higher education carries real risks because it does not centre our ultimate goal: student learning and preparation for the real world.’ @StrinePatterson ⁦@virginia_tech⁩ Assessmt or measurement timeshighereducation.com/cam…
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“Authenticity is situated. To envisage a realistic workplace or community means considering the person who will live, work in and engage with it.” #SueSharpe @ANUmedia #JenniferZSun @Sydney_Uni Is authentic assessment leaving some students behind? | THE timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Is authentic assessment leaving some students behind?

Does a more authentic assessment for some students mean an inauthentic experience for others? Here’s how to address this by adopting a student-focused lens

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“This change to mirror real-world problem solving may be the most challenging part of our new imagined [mathematics] assessment for many students, but it is also what they need most…” #MatthewGlanville @iborganization #authenticassessmentmatters Tes tes.com/magazine/analysis/se…

Maths exams should test numeracy skills - not memory recall

The IB’s director of assessment questions whether maths teaching is really preparing students for how they will use the subject in the real world

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“…to lead change in education is to inhabit a space between vision and constraint, between the possible and the actual.” #PanosVlachopoulos #TheAmericanCollegeofGreece linkedin.com/posts/ashfordro…

Reflections on Leading Change in Education | Kevin Ashford-Rowe

‘…to lead change in education is to inhabit a space between vision and constraint, between the possible and the actual.” An inspiring vision… 🙏 and well said Panos Vlachopoulos

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“We have ruined essay-writing by forgetting about it as a process & treating it as a product. We offered our students a simple transaction – an essay for a grade.” @AlicjaSyska @PlymUni We tried to kill the essay…now let's resurrect it What a great read! blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat…

We tried to kill the essay – now let’s resurrect it - LSE Higher Education

Writing teaches us how to think, so let’s rethink, reframe, and reposition the essay to bring it back into the light, writes Alicja Syska

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