Mark Bagley is a Professor of Organic Chemistry in the School of Life Sciences. Mark delivers many of the taught modules in Synthetic Organic Chemistry as part of the Chemistry degree programmes offered by the University and leads a vibrant…
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Developing chemistry student employability through assessment design
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Employability, Sciences
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Insights from the Sussex Education Festival, 2024
In July this year, 90 colleagues from across the University came together to share their experiences and insights into teaching, learning and assessment at Sussex. Over two days, both online and in person, the Education Festival covered a whole range…
AI and Academic Integrity: Implementing University Guidelines in Assignments
Dr Rona Hart is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Positive Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex and is the Course Leader for The Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work. What I Did In January…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Digital and data futures
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Posted in Case Studies
Oral assessment as an AI-proof assessment tool
Dr Louise Newnham, a teaching focussed Senior Lecturer in Genome Stability in the School of Life Sciences, shares insights from her experience of using, since 2018/19, an oral exam (viva) as part of the assessment for a 30 credit masters…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Sciences
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Assessment in a world of Generative AI: What might we lose?
Introduction For the most part, assessment in higher education is viewed in the negative as opposed to the positive. It is something to be endured, worked through, marked and managed. Assessment causes significant anxiety and stress for students and staff…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, authentic assessment, Cohesive and connected
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Strategies for making quantitative assessments more AI resilient
In this case study, Dr Myrna Hennequin, Lecturer in Economics, shares her strategies for making online quantitative assessments more AI resilient. What I did I redesigned the online assessments for the module Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics: Maths (QMBE…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Inclusive and student-centred
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Developing academic literacies in the era of artificial intelligence – part 2
This post follows on from an earlier post: developing academic literacies – part 1 If ‘write an essay’ is an instruction to students that follows a period of input on a particular topic, then students using artificial intelligence to…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred
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Developing academic literacies – part one
Embedding study skills, it is argued, helps students make the important link between the conventions of academic writing, the contested nature of knowledge, and the way writers use theory and evidence to argue. What to do about study skills? What…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Employability, Inclusive and student-centred
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