Assessment in Computer Science Education in the GenAI Era

In this post, I present a dialogue between two experts in computer science education, exploring the need to rethink assessment in the field in the GenAI era. This dialogue is a synthesis of insights gathered from various sources, including conversations, discussions, and email exchanges on the SIGCSE mailing lists regarding assessment in computer science. Using these materials, I refined and crafted the dialogue with the help of Claude and Perplexity, resulting after several iterations in the final version which follows here. A Coffee Break Dialogue: Rethinking CS Assessment in the Age of AI A conversation between Prof. Sarah C. and Prof. David R. during a computer science department coffee break. Sarah: [stirring her coffee]: David, I’ve been struggling with our upper-level course assessments lately. With students using AI for […]

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