Education 2.0 & 3.0

There must be a better approach to measuring a junior doctors’ skills, commitment and knowledge than the current battery of examinations, writes a trainee who obtained the highest clinical examination score at their training hospital. I thought it was time we talked about the exams through which we put every doctor who wants to specialise. …

Think "international manhunt" and the image that likely springs to mind is that of a hardened criminal like a murderer, bank robber or billion-dollar fraudster -- not the middle-aged boss of a high school tuition center.

An AI tool called ChatGPT is capable of passing — or at least nearly passing — medical licensing exams, according to US researchers. Now, with the first term just weeks away, educators are scrambling to rethink how they assess students.

When COVID forced exams online, reports of cheating were rife and proctoring software was problematic. But in-person exams are also flawed, so now’s the time to rethink how assessment works.

The pandemic has driven the rapid uptake of programs that use artificial intelligence to monitor students sitting exams remotely. New research highlights the need for caution in its use.

In India’s brutally competitive testing culture, students focus on exam prep for years. But the pandemic had other plans for them.

The consequences of the pandemic should provide an opportunity for school and community leaders to rethink their loyalty to exam-focused learning and consider innovating their programmes to put students at the centre.

Cramming for exams can result in short-term memorisation rather than meaningful learning.

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The growing number of students using the AI program ChatGPT as a shortcut in their coursework has led some college professors to reconsider their lesson plans for the upcoming fall semester.

A topper's story of endurance and sacrifice offers a glimpse into a highly competitive exam.

Bring the oral exam back to college.

Hundreds of trainee psychiatrists have been unable to complete their exams after the latest attempt at holding the test failed due to technical difficulties.

Such has been the unquestioning acceptance of the procedure, sitting exams at the end of school is much like alighting from a train when we reach our destination: a necessary station before we go on to the next stage of our lives.

On Thursday night, the ATAR was the be-all and end-all for the Class of 2020; by Friday lunch, it was on its way to being forgotten.

The Orwell Youth Prize winner says she has "fallen into her own story" about an exam algorithm.

As the pandemic hit and colleges shifted instruction online, professors were forced to quickly adapt, often throwing out their plans and hitting reset