Designing Authentic Assessment to Improve Academic Integrity

Abstract

[EN] The use of AI chatbots has sparked worldwide debate regarding assessment practices in higher education. Early indications on the use of AI chatbots, signal significant disruption to the higher education system in relation to academic misconduct concern. In terms of the research approach, initially, a systematic literature review was conducted to examine the association between academic integrity and authentic assessment with 32 focused publications from 2019 to 2023 analysed. This led to the development of a robust ‘Model for Practice’ to guide the implementation of authentic assessment in a way that simultaneously improved academic integrity. This paper presents the main findings of a case study approach with two final year student groups whose teaching and assessment schedule was based on this Model. Results show that the Model addresses the issue of assessing students in a manner that engages students, improves their employability skills, and ensures adherence to academic integrity guidelines.