International Relations

C01 - Navigating GenAI in the Classroom: Assessments

Date: Jun 3 | Time: 08:30am to 10:00am | Location:

Chair/Président/Présidente : Liam Midzain-Gobin (Brock University)

Discussant/Commentateur/Commentatrice : Liam Midzain-Gobin (Brock University)

One of the serious challenges facing many instructors today is the question of navigating the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the classroom. Students know it exists, and in many cases universities have left it up to instructors to determine how, when, or if, it will be used in their own classrooms. Many see GenAI as somewhere between a potentially devastating technology to be banished from the classroom, or a tool that may turn out to be quite useful both to students and themselves. One area where GenAI is having a particularly important impact is in assessments of students’ work. This session is brought to you by the ISA Canada Professional Development Committee and brings together instructors who have grappled with how to navigate the existence of GenAI and its impacts in their classrooms. The panelists will discuss how they have structured assessments to either take advantage of the possibilities of GenAI, or to avoid its pitfalls. Each panelist will present an assessment their have either developed, or re-developed to address the existence of GenAI. This will include a discussion of the assignment, their considerations in developing it, as well as their own sense of how it has worked. The Q&A will be arranged as small working groups with the audience, where the panelists will lead audience members in discussions around how they are navigating new technologies in their own classrooms.