Generative AI offers a unique opportunity to scale personalized student support and rethink our approach to grading. This theme explores the dual nature of AI in evaluation: using it as a productivity tool to generate constructive, timely feedback for students, and using it as a teaching object to help students develop their own evaluative judgment. The main considerations here are efficiency and accuracy. How can instructors use AI to reduce the administrative burden of grading while ensuring the feedback remains pedagogically sound? By integrating “human-in-the-loop” workflows, you can leverage AI to provide the high-frequency feedback students need to grow, without sacrificing the nuanced judgment only an instructor can provide.
Generative AI requires a strategic shift from assessing outputs to assessing the process of thinking. These design tips and sample activities provide a roadmap for creating ‘AI-resilient’ coursework. Use these resources to transition toward authentic, real-world assessments that prioritize human critical thinking and provide students with low-risk environments to practice complex professional skills.
Introduces a ready-to-use experiential learning activity that guides students through high-stakes interpersonal scenarios while building communication skills, negotiation strategies, and emotional intelligence through low-risk interactive practice.
Explores how to design coursework that prioritizes human critical thinking and creativity in the age of generative AI, with frameworks for creating engaging activities that encourage authentic student participation.
Provides practical strategies for redesigning traditional assessments into meaningful, real-world tasks that emphasize application, relevance, and deeper student engagement.
To get the creative juices flowing, start by Rethinking Evaluation. This resource challenges traditional grading paradigms by introducing alternative evaluation frameworks that reduce student anxiety and refocus assessment on growth, learning, and long-term success.
