The rapid maturation of GenAI platforms has created significant challenges for higher education, particularly in relation to assessment.¶
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q2 i? The rapid maturation of GenAI platforms has created significant challenges for higher education assessment. → Nicola-Richmond 2025
Evidence¶
Nicola-Richmond 2025¶
Nicola-Richmond, K., Dawson, P., Helen, P., & Macfarlane, S. (2025). It takes a village... Program-wide approaches to redesigning assessment in a time of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 22(7). https://doi.org/10.53761/zpp2ja61
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The article's framing statement motivating the study: GenAI platforms' rapid maturation "has created significant challenges for higher education, particularly in relation to assessment". This is the authors' stated premise rather than a tested comparison.
"The rapid maturation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) platforms has created significant challenges for higher education, particularly in relation to assessment."
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The rapid maturation of GenAI platforms has created significant challenges for higher education, particularly in relation to assessment. |
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The rapid maturation of GenAI platforms has created significant challenges for higher education, particularly in relation to assessment. |
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