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SCALE-E: Supporting Educator Decision-Making in Assessment Design through GenAI

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Project Lead: Dr Derek Dodd, Academic Developer, Learning Teaching and Assessment Team

Function: Academic Affairs 

Contact details: derek.dodd@tudublin.ie | 01 220 6065

Project Description: 

SCALE-E (Supporting Educator Decision-Making in Assessment Design through GenAI) explores how Generative AI can support educators in designing assessments that are pedagogically robust, transparent, and aligned with institutional policy. The project is developing a Microsoft Copilot-based, retrieval augmented, agent that guides lecturers through assessment vulnerability analysis, AI Assessment Scale decision-making, and the development of clear guidance for students on AI use. Rather than generating assessments, SCALE-E acts as a reflective partner that supports educator judgement, confidence, and informed decision-making in an evolving assessment landscape, grounded in pedagogical guidance, AI Assessment frameworks, assessment principles, and institutional guidelines that have been curated by the project tean. 

Why am I running this project?

The emergence of Generative AI has made assessment design more challenging and more important than ever. Through SCALE-E, we will be exploring whether a pedagogically grounded Microsoft Copilot-based agent can help educators to securely navigate assessment vulnerability, AI integration, and academic integrity issues while supporting informed, pedagogically grounded decision-making. The project aims to develop a scalable form of academic development that enhances, rather than replaces, educator expertise and judgement.