Evaluating the role of AI in digital assessments across APAC
With AI transforming the education landscape, finding a balance between AI and human interventions in assessments is a challenge that universities must address
Advancements in AI can sometimes overwhelm educators. However, AI tools can offer flexibility and create more opportunities for human intervention. A workshop held in partnership with Inspera at the 2024 THE Digital Universities Asia event invited senior leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to analyse the changes and pain points prompted by AI and what they would like to see from the technology.
Inspera strives to empower educators with pedagogy-first, AI assessment solutions that align with their unique needs and expectations. “What we want to do is to have the ability to let you take the capabilities that we build and decide how you want to use them,” explained Inspera’s global client evangelist, Ishan Kolhatkar. This enables educators to have full autonomy in adopting AI into existing processes. “So, you can say, ‘I don’t want any AI in my platform, please turn it all off’ or, ‘I want you to turn it all on’ or somewhere in between.”
The workshop’s participants indicated that universities are keen to explore AI’s potential but concerns persist. Kolhatkar asked about their perception of AI integration in various aspects of assessment. They responded favourably to the idea of combining AI and human interventions in assessments, where educators would turn to AI as a tool for generating and refining assessment questions. However, the risk of data being leaked or regenerated was a major worry.
Discussions about the uses of AI included assessment marking, follow-up activities for tests, analysing data on assessments and student responses, editable feedback and refining the tone of feedback. However, the ability to leverage AI effectively depends on an institution’s level of digital maturity. For instance, AI integration is still in its infancy in Indonesia, said one participant.
AI is here to stay. “But this does not mean that we need to use it in everything we do,” said Kolhatkar. Universities need to have a blueprint for how and where to integrate AI. Collaboration with edtech partners is key to receiving assistance and guidance. This is where Inspera can provide the support that institutions need.
The speaker:
- Ishan Kolhatkar, global client evangelist, Inspera
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