Project overview
This project is supported by University's 2023 CHEP Enhancement Funds. Through in-depth interviews with four participants from the University, this research investigated AI applications in essay evalua?tion, utilising data from 12 AI-generated essays and their corresponding feedback. The aims of the study are to evaluate tutors’ abilities in discerning human and AI-generated essays, as well as evaluating the quality of AI-generated feedback from their perspectives. Findings showed that assessors could detect certain characteristics consistent with AI generation and noted ethical concerns regarding deviations from academic standards. Participants also acknowledged AI’s capacity for swift feedback delivery as compared to human. The results of this study help enhance our under?standing of AI’s affordances and risks in assessment and feedback, particularly in the less explored university essay assignments.
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Ahmad Alzahrani & Ying Zheng,
2024
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