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23 June 2025
Universität Jena
Europe/Berlin timezone

Evaluation methods in the practical academic writing class: the challenge of AI-assisted papers

23 Jun 2025, 14:10
20m
Großer Rosensaal

Großer Rosensaal

Vortrag II. Gestaltung digitaler Prüfungsformate Parallele Vorträge: Kompetenzorientiertes Prüfen

Speaker

Dr Patricia Manjavacas Sneesby (Institut für Anglistik / Amerikanistik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)

Description

The use of generative AI in academic writing currently hinders the objective assessment of students' tasks. A comprehensive approach to evaluation is needed to take recent developments into account while modifying outdated examination formats.

Problemstellung

Teachers are challenged to: encourage the production and submission of academic tasks without the use of AI; allow for the correct implementation of AI tools in the right contexts; help students recognise the shortcomings of AI-enhanced writing; design examination formats that enable fair assessment.

Kurzbescheibung

The use of generative AI in academic writing currently hinders the objective assessment of students' tasks. A comprehensive approach to evaluation is needed to take recent developments into account while modifying outdated examination formats.

Abstract

The aim of the academic writing class is to provide students with a solid foundation in advanced writing skills for a career in teaching and researching. The recent rise of freely-available AI software, however, has impacted students’ attitudes and performance in class, posing a significant challenge to their teachers and examiners. This short presentation will illustrate with real-life examples the many problems (ethical, didactic, curricular) currently being discussed in connection with generative AI, as well as offer solutions for fair, objective assessment of students’ writing tasks.

Author

Dr Patricia Manjavacas Sneesby (Institut für Anglistik / Amerikanistik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)

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