ESSENTIAL READING · PAPER 07
ChatGPT: Bullshit spewer or the end of traditional assessments in higher education?
Rudolph, J., Tan, S., & Tan, S. (2023). ChatGPT: Bullshit spewer or the end of traditional assessments in higher education? Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 6(1).
FOUND
Behind the deliberately provocative title: traditional assessments are finished as reliable measures of learning, and universities must pivot to authentic, process-oriented evaluation.
MEANS
It forced assessment committees to stop asking “how do we detect AI?” and start asking the harder question — “what are we actually measuring?”
SI DATA
Our Global University AI Policy Audit 2026 tracks whether published guidance addresses assessment redesign; the gap between Rudolph\u2019s provocation and institutional response is one of the audit\u2019s most telling cuts.