Learning Assessment Through Living It: Using AI as both Tool and Teacher in Graduate Education

 Learning Assessment Through Living It: Using AI as both Tool and Teacher in Graduate Education

January 26, 2026

12noon to 1:00PM Eastern Time

This presentation explores an innovative graduate course where students learn assessment principles while experiencing AI-mediated assessment firsthand. Students interact with AI as personalized tutors, skeptical challengers, and debate partners, then build their own assessment-aligned GPTs. This dual approach—learning about assessment through AI while experiencing AI-mediated assessment, develops sophisticated critical thinking and transforms students from passive technology consumers into thoughtful practitioners ready for AI-enhanced educational contexts.

Session Objectives:

• Experience firsthand how interacting with AI chatbots enhances understanding of formative assessment principles
• Practice designing and building custom AI chatbots for assessment purposes  
• Develop strategies for helping students critically evaluate AI tools through creation and interaction  
• Create implementation plans addressing equity and access challenges 
• Build networks with peers navigating similar innovations

Presenter:

Susan Gracia, Visiting Professor Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Senior Associate Director of Data Literacy, Northeastern University

Cost:  this event is free for NEean members, and costs $15 for non-members.  

An email will be sent to registrants on January 21

with log in information for the webinar.

Notification of Session Recording

Please be advised that this session will be recorded and the recording shared with attendees and NEean members.