Delevered a very engaging and impactful invited keynote talk to the University Education Centres Australia Assessment Symposum 2024. Here is the abstract for the talk:

"he challenges to academic integrity from emerging technologies is obvious, while many higher education courses have attempted to counter these challenges in various ways, there is a risk that we may be inadvertently disconnecting with our students and even more concerning is the risk to assurance of learning through these initiatives.

Artificial intelligence provides significant opportunities for businesses and industry, and as we grapple with harnessing the power of A.I. for our society, we will need well informed, and competent graduates to lead this transformation in responsible and ethical directions. Preventing students from using these tools during their formative years is unlikely to help them develop these skills.

During this talk Pranit will share ideas that he has used in his own courses to engage students in their learning process, carefully curating the learning journey with A.I. Assessments in many of his courses reflects the expectations of the real world of work and involves conversational and relational elements. Students engage in the use of A.I. within in-class discussions, and various formative activities.

Assessments are designed to elicit students’ ability to collaboratively engage with A.I. to develop meaningful solutions to authentic challenges and identify opportunities and challenges with existing configurations. The higher stakes assessments involve conversations about what they have learned and how they will be able to apply these in the real world. Some of the initial evaluation data indicates students enjoy these activities and assessments, and relish the opportunity to engage in deep, meaningful conversations with their peers and teachers."