Assessments: search for an answer in the era of generative AI

Ali Hellany; Anush Heinitz; Iain McAlpine; Karen Yevenes; Matt Stevens; Surendra Shrestha

doi:10.4995/HEAd25.2025.19985

Assessments: search for an answer in the era of generative AI

Ali Hellany, Anush Heinitz, Iain McAlpine, Karen Yevenes, Matt Stevens, Surendra Shrestha

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Abstract

Assessing student learning has always been challenging. The recent proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools has increased this complexity driving educators to search for innovative and meaningful assessment practices. Educational institutions are investigating, developing and implementing alternative and authentic assessment practices that maintain academic integrity while genuinely assessing student learning. This paper summarises the assessment practices in a techno-centric school at an Australian university and proposes assessment strategies to control academic misconduct cases arising because of GenAI. A teaching and learning case study of authentic assessment to engage students and effectively achieve learning outcomes is discussed. The technique has been popular among the students while successfully navigating the challenges provided by recent developments in GenAI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd '25), June 17-20, 2025, Valencia, Spain
Place of Publication	Spain
Publisher	Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València
Pages	1283-1290
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9788413963129
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025.19985
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	International Conference on Higher Education Advances - Valencia, Spain Duration: 17 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025 Conference number: 11th

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Conference	International Conference on Higher Education Advances
Abbreviated title	HEAd
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	17/06/25 → 20/06/25

Keywords

academic integrity
authentic assessment
GenAI
generative AI

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Hellany, A., Heinitz, A., McAlpine, I., Yevenes, K., Stevens, M., & Shrestha, S. (2025). Assessments: search for an answer in the era of generative AI. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd '25), June 17-20, 2025, Valencia, Spain (pp. 1283-1290). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025.19985

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Assessments: search for an answer in the era of generative AI. / Hellany, Ali; Heinitz, Anush; McAlpine, Iain et al.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd '25), June 17-20, 2025, Valencia, Spain. Spain: Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2025. p. 1283-1290.

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