AI Live Learning Lab
AI Supporting Assessment
If you're grappling with how to assess learning in an AI-enabled world—where chatbots can generate essays in seconds—this session will give you the tools and confidence to move forward.
In this expert-led, interactive workshop, you’ll explore how to use AI to design smarter, more personalised assessments, save time on grading, and give better feedback—without compromising ethics or academic integrity. You’ll leave with tools, examples, and strategies to help you confidently integrate AI into your assessment practice, from formative quizzes to final projects.

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Event Details
Ended 28th May 2025
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Syallabus Summary
Along with a certificate from the Digital Learning Institute, this course qualifies for ATD CPD learning points and supports professional development for CPTD and APTD certification.
What you'll learn:
Key questions educators need to consider about AI and assessment
Overview of formative, summative, and diagnostic assessments— and how AI can support each
Using AI to design, critique, and improve assignment briefs
Leon Furze’s AI Assessment Scale and other frameworks
Tools for formative feedback, including MagicSchool, POE.AI, SchoolAI, and ChatGPT
Ethical concerns: bias, data privacy, and over-reliance
Opportunities and risks in using AI for real-time analytics and adaptive testing
Creative applications: using AI to personalise learning paths and deepen student engagement
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Tutor: Joe Houghton
Joe Houghton, Assistant Professor at UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business has written 3 books on AI in Education and has a weekly LinkedIn newsletter on the subject with approaching 3,000 subscribers. A long-time associate with the Digital Learning Institute, he delivers engaging and up-to-date online workshops that introduce AI tools and approaches to audiences, leaving them better equipped to use this fast-evolving tech in their daily lives.
The Digital Learning Institute (DLI) is the global standard for education and certification in digital learning and instructional design. Our mission is to shape the future of education by making high-quality digital learning accessible anytime, anywhere.