Maintaining Assessment Integrity In The Age Of ChatGPT 1.3.23 - Event Summary and Replay

The LinkedIn event, 'Maintaining Assessment Integrity in the Age of ChatGPT' held on 1.3.23, sparked a captivating discussion on teaching, learning, and assessment in the 21st century. The event shed light on the necessary steps that schools must take to adopt ChatGPT and other AI.

Unfortunately, Dr. Nick Jackson (Scotch College, Adelaide), who was scheduled to present practical assessment ideas, could not attend due to personal reasons. Sincere thanks goes to Matt Bentley (Redlands, Sydney) and Algela Phillips (Westminster College, Adelaide) who stepped in at the last minute to give valuable contributions.

For those who have not yet enrolled, Dr. Nick Jackson has a free course for teachers called AI, Chatbots & ChatGPT for Teachers that I highly recommend.

Paul Browning, from St. Paul's School, Brisbane, shared an inspirational project called Realms Of Thinking, which has taken 12 years to develop. Every school should be aware of this exemplary initiative.

If you're interested in specific aspects of the event, please refer to the timestamps provided below.

Video Timestamps:

0:03 Pre-chat

1:27 Introduction

5:15 Paul Browning:

• How my thinking changed around education a decade ago. Background to Realms of Thinking.
• The question is: What is an education worth having in a world dominated by AI?

11:45 Free online course for teachers: AI, Chatbots & ChatGPT for Teachers. ?

13:55 Matt Bentley:

• Redland’s position on ChatGPT
• An example of an assessment task that is ‘ChatGPT-proof’.

19:40 Paul:

• A decade ago, were you seeing assessment tasks that were school-ish rather than real-world-ish?
• The importance of student engagement and agency.
• Why are we still teaching content? (Time: 19:40)

22:10 Paul:

• Is it true that students with agency will benefit the most from tech like ChatGPT and those without agency are more likely to want to ‘cheat’?
• The age of content delivery is dead! The question needs to be, ‘What do we want students to do with the content they’ve learnt?’ (Time: 22:10)

25:00 Matt:

• The marriage between content outcomes and global competencies (collaboration, citizenship, critical and creative thinking).

25:30 Paul:

• We value what we measure.

26:00 Matt:

• One example of a competency (Design Thinking) incorporated into a learning framework.

27:15 Question: Won’t we know if students have used AI to produce their ‘assignment’?

• We need to design assessments that eliminate the issue.

29:30 Bridget Pearce:

• Students using ChatGPT to assist them in editing and improve their work.
• How do we ensure that students use ChatGPT to edit over several iterations rather than use it for the final product?

37:00 Paul:

• Background to Realms Of Thinking.
• How do we teach these 21st-century competencies (and how do we assess them) when 1) there are few guidelines on how to teach or assess them and 2) we have to dance to the tune of NAPLAN.
• 44:00 The collaboration with Melbourne University and developing assessment tools for 21st-century competencies such as collaboration, empathy, etc.

49:45 Angela Phillips:

• Some reflections from Westminster College, Adelaide.
• A detailed example of a mathematics assignment.
• Principles: Students generate their own ideas, consult with their teacher, map out the process in detail, use references, and have a choice of mediums through which to present their assignment, and the assignment creation process is staged over time.

1hr Final words.

Links to related LinkedIn Events and articles:

• Leadership, Kindness and Socratic Education (A discussion with Barry Cooper, Principal, The Global College, Madrid.)
• The AI Dilemma (The presentation from Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin who produced The Social Dilemma)
• Will ChatGPT kill creativity? (Article)
• Practical Assessment Ideas That Embrace ChatGPT & Other AI?(Nick Jackson)
• Transparency & Trust: Making Assessment & Learning ChatGPT-proof?(Bridget Pearce)
• Maintaining Assessment Integrity In The Age Of ChatGPT?(Paul Browning, Matt Bentley, Angela Phillips)

Links and PD references:?

• Learn Implement Share Course Academy
• Department-wide Approach
• Dept-wide Interventions to Maximise Active Learning in Mathematics Students?(LinkedIn Event: Anja Mori, Mathematics Director, Wellington College International, Shanghai)

Your turn ...

I would love to hear about your key takeaways from the event and any questions you may have. Have you created an assessment task that is "ChatGPT-proof"? If so, what did the task entail?

Fun Fact

I utilized ChatGPT to refine and improve this very article.

Thanks, Richard.

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