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AM26 Workshop

Designing Assessment and Learning Activities in the Age of AI

In an era where AI can generate both assessments and answers, how do we ensure authentic learning? This hands-on workshop brings academics, students, and library professionals together to co-design AI-resilient assessments and learning activities. Through design sprints, cross-disciplinary feedback, participants will create practical templates and actionable ideas for their context.

More About this Workshop

This workshop addresses a critical challenge in the age of artificial intelligence: when AI can design assessments and generate answers, how do we preserve authentic learning, academic integrity, and human expertise? Bringing together academics, students, and library professionals, this co-creative session explores how assessment and learning activities can be redesigned to support meaningful engagement, ethical AI use, and genuine skill development.

Participants will consider risks such as over-reliance on AI, reduced opportunities for critical thinking, and the implications for high-stakes disciplines such as medicine and engineering. The workshop also foregrounds cultural and contextual relevance, including the integration of local and Indigenous knowledge.

Through interactive discussion and collaborative design activities, participants will develop practical, integrity-driven approaches that position AI as a supportive tool while sustaining human judgment, responsibility, and lifelong learning competencies (Bower, 2019; UNESCO, 2023).

 

Day & Time

Friday 
November 6, 2026
8 am - 12 pm


Presenters

Namali Suraweera | Victoria University of Wellington

Anne Goulding | Victoria University of Wellington

Xiaojun Yuan | University at Albany

Nayani Gunawardhana | University of Moratuwa

Nadeeka Rathnabahu | University of Kelaniya

 

Agenda

  1. Welcome, framing, and connection (20 minutes)
  2. Short provocation and shared language (30 minutes)
  3. Critical reflection and scenario analysis (30 minutes)
  4. Design sprint 1: Reimagining assessment (40 minutes)
  5. Peer feedback round (30 minutes)
  6. Design sprint 2: Learning activities and support (40 minutes)
  7. Gallery share and synthesis (30 minutes)
  8. Action planning and close (20 minutes)

 

Registration Rates

4 hour Fees

 

 

 

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