Ep 66 -Curtin University’s approach to AI innovation in assessment and learning

In this video, we chat with Dr Richard Blythe from Curtin University about how the institution is evolving their assessment and learning practices in response to AI. Responsible for overseeing learning and teaching strategy along with integrity policies across the humanities, Richard shares his perspectives on AI and explores Curtin’s ‘Learning Futures’ initiative to inspire digital innovation and readiness for the future of human learning.

Canvassing the different reactions to AI by faculty and the largely positive sentiment, Richard explains Curtin’s four futures-oriented lenses across the humanities subjects that are serving to help define AI’s role in the learning environment. Intrinsic to this, is reimagining assessment to be a more reliable indicator of student performance.

Based on the concept of aligning assessment output - and specifically writing - with its history and to its future, Richard explains how assessment can become an authentic marker or milestone in a student's learning journey that is not undermined by AI assistance.

Richard also discusses the role of edtech partnership in the institution's digital future, affirming the value of AI detection tools to help educators distinguish human versus machine-generated text in a students’ portfolio of work, with the caveat that such technology serves a formative rather than punitive purpose and helps set students on the right path in their learning goals.

How might Curtin University’s approach to learning and assessment in the age of AI inspire your own progress in safeguarding fair, authentic learning? Watch the video to learn more.