Ep [05] – Assessment in Focus podcast

June 4, 2025 / Duration: Duration: 58:24

Ryan Lufkin, VP of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure

Instructure is a leader in edtech, known for the world’s #1 learning management system, Canvas. Inspera and Instructure work together to support the future of education through digital assessment.

In this episode of Assessment in Focus, Ryan Lufkin, VP of Global Academic Strategy, joins Ishan Kolhatkar to discuss AI literacy, the student/teacher relationship, and how mastery is shaping the future of assessment.

May 7, 2025 / Duration: Duration: 45:49

Christy Wilson and Dr James Yates, South Arkansas College

South Arkansas College, based in El Dorado in Arkansas, offers a wide range of certificates and associate degrees.

Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research, Christy Wilson and Professor of English, Dr James Yates, join Ishan to discuss how the future of assessment is about design orientation, how we teach critical thinking to students and how AI has changed the definition of academic integrity.

April 23, 2025 / Duration: Duration: 43:19

Professor Phillip Dawson, Deakin University

Joining Ishan on this episode is Professor Phillip Dawson, co-director of the Center for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (Cradle) at Deakin University in Australia. His research includes the topics of feedback literacy, artificial intelligence in assessment, and assessment design in the era of artificial intelligence.

Ishan and Phillip discuss feedback literacy, the skills required by academics and graduates now that AI content generation is ubiquitous, as well as reframing academic integrity. Does validity matter more than cheating?