Oxford dons have been lobbying against digital assessment over fears that students could cheat using chatbots.
Academics at the university are worried youngsters might use ChatGPT – an artificial intelligence tool – to write answers.
Tech firms have been promoting computer-based learning and testing as the future for education, with many universities adopting this in lockdown.
But this is no longer ‘acceptable’ due to advances in AI technology, a Oxford lecturer said.
Minutes from a meeting of Oxford’s law faculty board last year have been obtained by the Daily Mail this week through the Freedom of Information Act.
Oxford dons have been lobbying against digital assessment over fears that students could cheat using chatbots like Chat GPT
One Oxford academic discussing the use of digital assessments and AI chat bots said: ‘What might have been acceptable in 2020, 2021 and 2022 is …no longer acceptable’
One academic said: ‘It is essential exams are properly invigilated and students are prevented from using chatbots, googling, or cutting and pasting.’
Another said: ‘ChatGPT has changed things dramatically.
‘What might have been acceptable in 2020, 2021 and 2022 is …no longer acceptable.’
An Oxford spokesman said it supported a ‘range of assessment methods’.
