Tech Day:
Aug 22, 2024

Tools and Technology for Evaluating Learning

What is Tech Day?

Every August IT hosts an annual ed tech innovation day for faculty, with multiple tracks and virtual sessions centered on a new theme each year. Both URI ed tech support staff and faculty present use case studies, best practices, ideas, solutions, technology curriculum design, and emerging educational technology innovations. Tech Day participants may pick and choose sessions of interest to take technology enhanced learning to the next level.

Session Topics

Session title	Session Description
Cheating with AI: Tools and Tech for Authentic Assessment of Student Achievement	AI has exploded and become widely available as it is implemented in many tools, software and apps as well as AI bots being published across the Internet and app stores for tablets and phones. Industry is expecting students to use AI to increase work and business productivity. However, some faculty have expressed concerns about their students cheating on exams with AI, and want to know how to authentically assess student knowledge and learning achievement outside of AI use. This session is a consultation session centered on this challenge: Several examples will be shared. And faculty may bring a use-case and share what assignment, task or project with which they are having this challenge. Based on the use-case the speakers will suggest specific educational technologies and aligned learning design to solve this dilemma.