Short Guide to Assessment in the Age of GenAI

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Sarah Thelen

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University College Cork

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Teaching & Learning

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Assessment and Feedback, Digital Learning, Teaching and Learning Practice

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This short guide provides an overview of GenAI and a longer discussion of how assessments can be (re)designed to integrate or limit the use of GenAI by students. It includes examples from teaching practice at University College Cork.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

This guide is most useful for anyone seeking a quick (and simple) introduction to GenAI (what it is, how it works), specifically the ways it affects assessment in third-level education. It provides some general best practice advise around assessment design as well as examples from UCC staff.

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Thelen, S. (2025). Short guide to assessment in the age of genai. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/short-guide-to-assessment-in-the-age-of-genai/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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