Generative AI and assessment in higher education: opportunities and challenges

Key Points

• This research aims to understand how generative AI impacts assessment practices in higher education.
• Review of existing literature on generative AI applications in education
• Analysis of benefits and limitations for assessment methods
• Discussion of potential future trends in educational assessment
• Identified various opportunities for enhancing assessment quality through generative AI
• Highlighted significant challenges related to fairness and accuracy in evaluations
• Suggested frameworks for integrating AI-based tools in educational systems

Abstract