Hello everyone!
I worked on this presentation with Eleonora. We are happy to show our Online Learning Inquiry Presentation on AI-powered automatic grading. We talk a bit about it in the video, but this topic interested us because we have had experience with using an AI grading tool for one of our classes.
We hope you guys enjoy the video!
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Hello Mandy and Eleonora!
Thank you both for creating such a strong, and well-researched topic as ‘AI-Powered Automated Grading.’ While watching your presentation, I found the style and pace of the video and slides to be excellent and appreciated the quick, clear narration.
For the AI automated grading aspect, I see how there is a beneficial timely manner for the feedback of assignments but value that you pointed out the failures that AI experiences of not recognizing nuances and contextual judgments.
I found the point of your personal experience with PackBack very interesting and wondered if you felt it was ethical, reasonable, or fair for you to be required to pay for the application and to receive the feedback from an auto-generated response rather than the instructor whose course you paid for. Personally, I would feel a type of way about that. I also found it fascinating that you discovered how the algorithm was favouring headings over content!
There was a quote in the video that I really resonated with and will likely carry it forward in my educational journey: “AI should work as a supplement, not as a replacement.” This is so true, in my opinion, and is an excellent consideration for students and educators alike.
Lastly, I like that you brought up the need for full transparency when utilizing AI programs and really enjoyed thinking about your reflection questions at the end of your presentation. That was a really nice touch, so thank you!
Hi Hanne,
Thank you for your kind comment! This topic definitely interested us because we have experience with AI-grading (or maybe a better phrase would be “been victims of”) and it was interesting to hear that many others in the class had simlar experiences. As mentioned in the presentation, I believe that AI should be used as a tool to support decision making and relying on it to completely do your job is doing a disservice to everyone involved. AI is fantastic for reducing cognitive workload which makes it great for decision support, and when it’s used as intended people can get incredible value out of it.
That being said, there are a lot of things to look out for when it comes to AI. Aside from security and bias concerns, I think most of the issues around AI boils down to expecting people to use AI as intended, which is rare because we can never just have nice things. I think rules and regulations will be very important when it comes to AI-grading, since no student wants to have their assignment which they have dedicated lots of time to just lazily graded by AI in less than 10 seconds.
Thanks again for your input!