Redesigning Assessment for Authenticity and Academic Integrity

As generative AI reshapes learning and assessment practices, this session examines its impact on academic integrity and provides actionable strategies to address these challenges.

Participants will explore:

• How to integrate AI tools into assessment
• How to redesign assessments to uphold authenticity and maintain the integrity of the learning process
• Strategies for effectively measuring learning outcomes
• Tools and methods to detect and address academic misconduct

Exploring Tools for Training and Assessment

In our rapidly evolving world, trainers face increasing demands to deliver high-quality, engaging training and assessment, but often on a shoestring budget. 

This session focuses on reducing these pain points by leveraging the power of AI to transform the design and delivery process. 

AI offers an exciting range of powerful tools that can help to accelerate content creation (for both virtual training and face-to-face classes), enhance creativity and improve learner outcomes.

Key topics covered:

• Explore key AI-driven tools that can enhance content delivery, engagement, assessment and learner support. This will include both free and for fee applications.
• Identify how AI can help tailor learning experiences to individual needs, improving learner engagement and outcomes.
•  Harness the power of AI to create professional and captivating training resources that maintain the audience’s attention.

AI Tools to Support Learning

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI tools such as ChatGPT over the last couple of years has necessitated a shift in educator thinking. Fields in education, learning and development have experienced upheaval as people experiment with, and uncover, the vast capabilities of AI. And, let’s face it, students are likely at the forefront of this experimentation!

This session acknowledges all of the above and turns our focus to the legitimate use of AI in the ‘classroom’. Technology can assist learning in myriad ways, including by driving innovative practice and personalised learning experiences. It’s time to shift the outdated paradigm of ‘use of AI = cheating = should be banned’ and embrace the efficiencies AI can bring to the learning process for students.

In this session, we will:

• Examine the positive impacts and efficiencies AI can bring for students and trainers alike
• Unpack the types of considerations that come with the use of artificial intelligence and,
• Explore different AI tools and the various ways they can assist

Welcome back/ open of Training and Assessment sessions

Lunch/ end of RTO management sessions

AI in Education: Ethical, Strategic and Practical Insights

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming education, with profound implications for assessment and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

In this session, Sharaf Goussous will explore the evolving role of AI in education, from the ethical considerations of open-source vs closed-source AI to its strategic applications in assessment and credentialing.

Attendees will gain insights into how AI is reshaping the way we evaluate learning, from automated grading and adaptive testing to AI-driven RPL. The session will highlight key trends, best practices, and emerging frameworks that support ethical and effective AI integration in assessment.

This engaging and thought provoking session will provide practical examples and industry case studies, alongside a small interactive demonstration showcasing AI’s potential in education. Whether you're an educator, RTO manager, or policymaker, you’ll walk away with a clear understanding of AI’s opportunities and challenges, and how to navigate them in the VET sector.

AI Tools Beyond just Training and Assessment

Much of the AI hype in our industry has been focused on its application within the training and assessment space. 

However, there are a myriad of AI tools that can positively impact a broader range of VET functions and improve the productivity and effectiveness of the RTO and its wider VET workforce.

 This session will explore specific tools that can be used to transform an RTO’s operations by accelerating workflows, automating standard functions, tracking patterns and trends, enhancing communication and supporting compliance activities.

Key topics covered:

•  Leverage AI tools to boost productivity and management of compliance activities.
• Identify strategies to use AI to enhance communications both internally and externally.
• Discover how AI can be used to handle repetitive tasks, freeing up more time for creative and strategic work.

Implementing Gen AI in Your RTO: A Practical Guide to Responsible Innovation

This session will show you practical ways to implement generative artificial intelligence in your RTO while maintaining compliance requirements. 

We'll look at where AI can help improve your operations, how to implement it responsibly and learn strategies to help your RTO use AI effectively while managing risks and maintaining quality.

Key Topics:

• Getting Started: How to assess where AI could work best in your RTO
• Managing Risks: Simple strategies to identify and reduce risks when using AI
• Practical Ideas: Examples of how AI could be used in RTO functions
•  Planning Ahead: Tips for developing an AI strategy that works with the new Outcome Standards coming

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