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Joshua Thorpe

Sep 16, 2026

23:00
How does this approach shift the grading focus from the final product to the learning process?
23:08
Well, this is something that I think is one of the great opportunities of our time, and many have pointed this out, that the crisis presented by AI, where a number of traditional assessments now don't seem secure or safe, relevant, presents an opportunity to redesign curriculum, to redesign assessments such that they are not so outcome focused.
23:33
And yes, this is a constant sort of thorn, I suppose, for students and educators alike who want to find the value in learning, but are constantly thinking about these outcomes.
23:47
And our culture is so focused on results that we often forget to savor the process itself.
24:02
The sort of portfolio approach that you're referring to is simply a little bit of advice for students in the book about how they can, I suppose, how they can take care of their own process, be a kind of a champion for their own process, should they ever be questioned on their use of AI technologies.
24:29
So that sort of gives them a bit of insurance.
24:31
I think that more and more, however, we'll see, as you suggest, assessments that build that into it.
28:26
um what role should academic and student affairs leadership play in addressing those real psychological risks

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