Comment by dirkc
3 days ago
I had a like minded professor in university, ironically in AI. Our big tests were all 3 day take home assignments. The questions were open ended, required writing code, processing data and analyzing results.
I think the problem with this is that it requires the professor to mentally fully engage when marking assignments and many educators do not have the capacity and/or desire to do so.
Sadly, I doubt 3-day take-home assignments have much future as a means of assessment in the age of LLMs.
Might be true, idk? For all we know that professor now gives a 2.5-day take home assignments where they are allowed to use LLMs, and then assess them in an 1 hour oral exam where they need to explain approach, results and how they ensure that their results are accurate?
I don't think the 3-day take home is the key. It's supporting educators to have the intention, agency and capacity to improvise assessment.