The wicked problem of AI and assessment
Summary
Interviews with 20 educators reveal competing assessment goals and unavoidable trade-offs.
The authors analyse late-2024 interviews through a wicked-problems framework. They identify conflicting goals rather than a universal fix.
Their practical proposal is institutional permission to compromise, diverge and iterate, with support for the work involved.
One Australian university, purposive recruitment and deductive analysis; not a reform effectiveness trial.
Sources & reading record
- Thomas Corbin, Margaret Bearman, David Boud & Phillip Dawson ↗
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