We are living a pivotal time for higher education. In this session of the Cicle Recerca EDvolució UPF we will reflect on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to disrupt teaching and learning, and in particular the assessment of learning. AI will write essays for students but also answer complex questions and generate computer code. Existing tools, such as Turnitin in our university, will not be able to identify these fakes. Experts are alerting that educational models based on traditional summative assessment to grade student abilities may face a credibility crisis soon. It is time to rethink assessment.

The session will include an invited talk by a recognized expert in educational technology, Mike Sharples - Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK and an open debate with the participation of the heads for teaching innovation at UPF centers and the audience.

   January 24, 2023

   12:30am-14:30pm

  Auditorium, Poblenou Campus  or online participation (session in English).

Program:

De 12.30 a 12.45: Welcome and presentation by the Rector, Oriol Amat, vice-rector for Educational Transformation, Culture and Communication, Manel Jiménez, and the commissioner for Research in Educational Innovation, Davinia Hernández-Leo.

De 12.45 a 13.45: Invited talk “Plagiarism past, present, future: implications for assessment”, by Mike Sharples*, Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.

De 13.45 a 14.25: Panel, with the participation of the heads for teaching innovation and professors of UPF centres: Pol Capdevilla (Humanities), Clara Cortina (Politics and Social Sciences), Elisabet Moyano (Medicine and Life Sciences), Migle Laukyte (Law), Montserrat Cunillera (Translation and Language Sciences), Frederic Guerrero-Solé (Communication), Horacio Saggion (Engineering).

De 14.25 a 14.30: Closing by the commissioner for Research in Educational Innovation, Davinia Hernández-Leo.
 

Mike Sharples is Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. His research involves human-centred design of new technologies and environments for learning. He established the Innovating Pedagogy report series and is author of over 300 books and papers in the areas of educational technology, science education, human-centred design of personal technologies, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He has recently co-authored the book, Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers, published by Routledge, and the opinion article “Sharples, M. Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion” (Int J Artif Intell Educ 32, 1119–1126, 2022).