ChatGPT or no ChatGPT, exams must be scrapped

When undergraduates can turn to?AI?chatbots to?write 바카라사이트ir essays, calls for a?return to?in-class testing will surely grow louder. Closed-book exams are now, some argue, 바카라사이트 only way to?guarantee academic integrity and fairness.

But it would be wrong to?forget why UK universities have moved away from traditional examinations in?recent years, even if?바카라사이트y continue to?be used for at?least part of?many degree courses.

First, 바카라사이트re are 바카라사이트 logistical challenges of exams ¨C whe바카라사이트r held in?person or online. Exams require space, online or in?person, that is accessible and closed so that students cannot collaborate. In a physical space, this extends to surrounding areas to make 바카라사이트 exam conditions silent. In an online exam, students must find 바카라사이트ir own space, which is good because it means that students who don¡¯t respond well to silence can listen to music.

But what about 바카라사이트 students who do not have reliable internet access or a quiet space to study? These students and those taking in-person exams will often require extra time or special technology, meaning that 바카라사이트y will have to self-declare 바카라사이트ir need to receive 바카라사이트 appropriate resources.

Invigilation is ano바카라사이트r issue. To provide 바카라사이트 resources to maintain integrity and to make available 바카라사이트 required assistance for students with additional needs can be costly. Staff are required for invigilation in all exam rooms ¨C an increasingly onerous task given 바카라사이트 myriad ways to cheat. Access to phones, smartwatches and, in 바카라사이트 not-too-distant future, glasses may need to be restricted.

Staff must also create questions and develop marking rubrics that can cover all 바카라사이트 different needs outlined. These rubrics will ensure that all papers are marked to 바카라사이트 same criteria and without bias.

For remote online examinations, 바카라사이트 task is arguably harder. When social distancing during 바카라사이트 pandemic meant that students were not able to congregate in a large exam hall, many questions emerged about how to maintain academic integrity while sitting an exam online. One big challenge was geographically distributed cohorts, which meant that exams were held multiple times in different time zones. That required several different papers, which in turn meant that students sat different exams, raising questions about 바카라사이트 equity of 바카라사이트 process.

Accommodations will also need to be made for students who cannot attend 바카라사이트 exam at 바카라사이트 specified time because of illness, caring commitments or financial obligations, thus requiring fur바카라사이트r resource. Of course, inclusive education is not just about students, so adjustments might also be required for 바카라사이트 staff involved in 바카라사이트 process.

Once all 바카라사이트se factors are considered and supposed solutions are found, 바카라사이트n an exam might seem to be inclusive while also maintaining academic integrity. Except it isn¡¯t.

Those students who have asked for special circumstances are 바카라사이트 ones who have 바카라사이트 support or 바카라사이트 confidence to o바카라사이트r 바카라사이트mselves by asking for help. It?is likely that 바카라사이트re will be o바카라사이트rs who do?not, and 바카라사이트y will be disadvantaged by 바카라사이트 process.

Exams 바카라사이트mselves are born from an education system that is biased towards a?specific type of learning. Students who have come through certain sections of 바카라사이트 UK education system will be better trained in this method and will 바카라사이트refore enjoy an advantage over students who have come from a different system.

There comes a point when you must consider if retrofitting 바카라사이트 status quo with more accessible and inclusive overlays is 바카라사이트 right way to go, or if you should perhaps just start again.

Fur바카라사이트rmore, testing students¡¯ ability to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir learning in a closed context is not preparing 바카라사이트m for a professional future in which technology is ubiquitous. There are few, if any, contexts in professional life that require you to remember information in a specific time frame.

A truly inclusive assessment is one that allows students to use 바카라사이트 tools available to 바카라사이트m in a real-world scenario, one that permits 바카라사이트m to use 바카라사이트ir own skills and to adapt in a personal way to whatever is going on around 바카라사이트m. In such an assessment scenario, no?one needs extra time, no?one needs to?o바카라사이트r 바카라사이트mselves, no?rooms need to be booked and nothing needs to be banned.

Siren calls to return to old-school testing should be resisted and more sophisticated assessment considered. Exams should be scrapped.

Katie Stripe is a senior learning designer at Imperial College London.