Assessment design and learning purposes: Re-considerations in the age of GenAI
Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus, London
The advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is revolutionising the way we approach learning and assessment. This talk describes the approach to integrating GenAI into assessment design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which was the first university in Hong Kong to organise professional development sessions for staff on GenAI. We will explore the critical connections between the purpose of learning, potential future realities, and assessment (re)design. We will also discuss some of the challenges brought by the change of mentality in the GenAI era, particularly in terms of the way academic literacy, language and communication skills can be acquired.
About the speaker
Julia Chen (PhD, FTCL, PFHEA) is the Director of the Educational Development Centre and Associate Professor (courtesy) at the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is recently appointed as the Chair of the Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Alliance initiated by the HK University Grants Committee. Her research interests include leveraging technology in education, using learning analytics for quality enhancement, and English Across the Curriculum (EAC). She leads several large-scale multi-university projects on GenAI and EAC. Julia has won numerous awards: the HK University Grants Committee Teaching Award (team leader), QS Reimagine Education Awards Breakthrough Technology Innovation in Education Silver Prize, EdTech Heroes Learning Experience Award, Paper Award in Learning Analytics, and twice her university’s President Award for Excellent Performance in teaching and service respectively. She has also been honoured with the lifetime designation of Distinguished Fellow by the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum in the USA.
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