The OfS said it had heard of cases where students were completing entire assessments within minutes using AI and receiving similar grades to those who had not.<\/p>\n
Some staff, meanwhile, were receiving lots of assignments that looked the same, and did not think their institution’s assessments were “fit for purpose”.<\/p>\n
Other staff described a “polarised atmosphere” between students who used AI and other “conscientious objectors” who avoided it on environmental and other grounds.<\/p>\n
The research said AI literacy for students was important during and after university, and some institutions were clearly communicating to students where AI can and cannot be used in assessments.<\/p>\n
But it said there was “an urgent need” to ensure that remote or “non-secure” assessments “maintain their validity despite the availability of AI tools, meaning they effectively assess the knowledge and skills they are designed to measure”.<\/p>\n
“If it becomes possible to complete an assessment using AI without the knowledge and skills being tested, the assessment should be replaced,” it added.<\/p>\n
Universities UK, which represents more than 140 institutions, said universities were “making significant progress” adapting to AI.<\/p>\n
“There is further to go but many have made substantial changes to how they assess students. This includes more in-person exams, presentations, vivas, process-based assessment and assessments that integrate AI in a controlled way,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“Different subjects will require different approaches, and universities should have the flexibility to adopt assessment methods that best support learning outcomes.”<\/p>\n
Lewis Wilson, from the National Union of Students, said AI was threatening “traditional” ways of learning that students and staff “have long said is not fit for purpose” – including essay questions, handouts and slideshows.<\/p>\n
“It’s time to get rid of the outdated methods, that have been kept around in the name of tradition, and instead encourage the innovative practice we see across the sector, co-designed with students based on what they want from higher education,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The OfS said it had heard of cases where students were completing entire assessments within minutes using AI…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-830741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}