Author: Ada Sharpe

Ada Sharpe, Ph.D. (English and Film Studies), has worked in faculty and support staff roles in the post-secondary sector for over a decade. She has taught and researched in literary studies and writing studies and co-led a university writing centre. Ada specializes in understanding how assessment shapes the teaching and learning experience for faculty and students.

November 27, 2023

The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you considering inviting students to use generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of genAI required for workplace...

AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching

November 21, 2023

Using Assessment Analysis Features on eConestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutes Recent updates to eConestoga mean all course shells now include three assessment analysis features visible only to faculty. These features provide valuable data on students’...

Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments

November 15, 2023

Academic Integrity and Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Reading Time: 4 minutes A fair and accurate assessment provides evidence of a student’s learning under their own cognitive efforts. Concerns around academic integrity, however, can cast doubt on an...

AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Getting Started with AI

June 19, 2023

Using Turnitin’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Detection Tool and the Process Guide for Navigating Potential Academic Offences

Reading Time: 4 minutes Generative AI (genAI) has brought new challenges, opportunities, and questions in terms of the assessment of student work. Large Language Models (LLMs), the technology that...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning

June 19, 2023

Updating Rubrics to Prevent Grade Inflation

Reading Time: 2 minutes Grade inflation is a well-known phenomenon. Check out some thoughts and data from Harvard in Grade Inflation: What Goes Up Must Come Down. We must ensure that students receive grades that discriminate, in the best sense of the word, the degree to which they have attained the course outcomes. In a general...

Assessing Learning/Rubrics and Marking

June 1, 2023

Citing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Reading Time: < 1 minute It is important to provide students with clear directions on how to cite any permitted use of generative AI (genAI) in assessments. These directions can...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning